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T  II  E     COIT     F  A  jNI  1  L  Y 


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P  l{  I  N  T  E  1)      K  Y      C  H  A  S  .      II  A  MI  L  T  O  N  , 

PALL  A  1)  I  I   M      O  F  1-  1  C  E  . 

1872. 


Essm 


THE    COMMITTEE 


WOULD  MOST  RESPECTFULLY   DEDICATE  THIS  VOLUME 


TO 


CAPTAIN   S.   H.   PIKE, 


THE    NOBLE   COMMANDER   OF  THE  STEAMER 


"  Pew  ^tuttieiwick/* 


SaSSS 


PREFACE. 


To  our  '*  Coit  Exntrsinvists,''  and  their  Friends 


EAR  Friends,  we  aj^iiin  come  before  you  In  this,  our 
fourth  volume,  contjiiiiing  the  account  of  our  annual  trip 
lor  1871.  Having  traveled  over  most  of  the  route  one 
year  before,  and  having  published  a  volume  containing 
an  account  of  the  trip,  of  course  we  cannot  enter  into  all  the 
details  of  this  our  second  trip  on  this  route,  without  infringing 
somewhat  upon  that.  There  is,  however,  much  of  interest  that 
might  be  told  even  in  this  our  last  visit  to  the  "Queen's 
Dominions." 

Before  giving  our  readers  any  description  of  our  last  excur- 
sion, allow  us  to  state  to  you  something  of  the  interest  that  was 
so  plainly  manifest  months  previous  to  our  starting.  The  three 
excursions  previously  had  by  the  Coit  Tarty,  had  made  a  very 
favorable  impression  on  the  public  mind  far  and  near ;  and  when 
the  papers  announced  the  fourth  excursion,  the  letters,  from  all 
parts  of  the  country,  came  pouring  in,  to  make  enquiry  as  to  all 
the  particulars  connected  with  the  same.  Of  course  it  was 
right  that  each  new  member  who  was  to  join  the  party,  should 
understand  all  the  particulars;  therefore,  it  was  the  pleasant 
duty  of  the  President  of  the  Party  to  answer  about  one  hundred 
letters,  giving  all  the  necessary  information  asked  for.  The 
decided  success  of  the  three  former  excursions  was  the  cause 


VI 


PREFACE. 


of  this  ciKiuiry  and  intcrost.  The  papers  fur  iind  ncnr  liad 
spoken  in  the  hi^liest  ternus  of  our  party.  The  good  luanage- 
ment,  the  hearty  receptions  we  were  luiving  wiierever  we  wont, 
the  good  order  of  tiie  party,  tiie  luippy  tinu;  llicy  were  liaving, 
and  the  harmony  and  good  feilowsldp  tliat  was  always  manifest 
among  its  members — would  naturally  create  in  the  minds  of 
many  outsiders,  a  desire  to  get  inside  of  tlie  "  ring." 

We  could  not  charter  a  steaujcr  large  enough  to  accommodate 
all  who  had  made  up  their  minds  that  they  would  lik(!  to  join 
such  a  party.  'I'he  tickets  were  lindted  to  three  hundred;  and 
ten  days  before  the  time  of  starting  rrfir// ticket  was  sold,  and 
the  cash  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer.  The  announcement  was 
made  at  that  time,  by  the  daily  papers,  that  all  the  tickets  luid 
been  disposed  of,  and  no  more  could  possibly  be  acconunodated. 
Btill  the  letters  came  pouring  in,  filled  with  the  greenbacks, 
urging  the  importance  of  having  the  tickets  returned  by  next 
mail.  IJut  the  money,  instead  of  tickets,  had  to  be  returned. 
More  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons  had  to  umlergo  a 
severe  disappointment  for  the  want  of  more  enlarged  acco.nmo- 
dations.  The  managers,  of  course,  were  extremely  sorry  that 
such  should  be  their  fate;  but  a  promise  to  them  of  another 
excursion,  soon  to  take  place,  under  the  management  of  e(|ually 
as  good  men,  who  had  chartered  the  same  steamer,  and  were  to 
liavv!  the  same  gentlemanly  Captain  Pike  and  his  subordinates, 
•had  a  tendency  to  make  the  disappointment  of  shorter  duration. 

Siitflce  it  to  say,  that  the  excursion,  under  the  management  of 
^co.  E.  Teckham,  Es(|.,  former  President  of  the  "Colts,"  left 
Boston  a  few  days  after  our  return,  and  traveled  over  nearly  the 
same  ground.  The  company  w  is  composed  of  very  inlluential 
ladies  and  gentlemen  from  ditterent  parts  of  the  States.  This 
trip  was  a  decided  success,  and  gave  the  greatest  satisfaction 


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to  the  whole  ecmpany ;  so  much  so  that  a  lull  vote  wa«  taken  to 

have  another,  one  y^av  fr,„„  that  time. 
And  now,  tleur  reader,  having  taken  up  .so  nmeh  of  your  time 

In  these  lew  preliminary  Items,  I  will  proeeed  to  give  you  a  very 

brief  aceount  of  our  very  i.lea.sant  J<.urney  of  twelve  days. 
It  is  not  neeessary  that  I  enter  into  all  the  particulars;  neither 

shall  I  touch  u,,on  „,any  points  of  interest  to  U8.  The  letters 
published  in  the  "  IVorrmer  Daily  aamt^r  at  the  time  of  this 
excursion,  contained  mu.h  of  interest,  and  were  written  by  one 
Of  our  nun.ber,  A.  II.  Davis,  Ks(,.,  Head-Master  of  our  m.^h 
Sehool.  They  are  ,,ul,lished  in  this  volun.o ,  by  reading  them  you 
Will  he  pleased  and  instructed ;  and  It  will  render  it  unnecessary 
forme  to  attempt  a  description  that  has  been  so  well  done  by 
the  above  gentjcman. 

We  are  under  great  obligations  to  thai  excellent  lady  and 
distinguished  writer.  Mrs.  C.  M.  Sawyer,  of  College  Hill,  for  the 
two  exceilent  and  appropriate  poems,  which  we  publish  in  this 
volume. 


THK  START. 
It  was  a  very  pleasant  sight  at  the  Boston  &  Worcester  depot 
on  the  morning  of  July  L>oth,   1871,  >^hen  about  two  hundred 
and  tlfly  persons  met  to  proceed  to  IJoston,  to  take  the  steamer 
mo  liniHsv'irA;   for  a  twelve   days'  excursion.     Such  a  grand 
hand-shaking,  such  hai^py  faces,  all  beaming  with  joy,  that  they 
were  about  to  start  on  another  excursion  shnilar  to  those  before 
enjoyed  l>y  then,.     Many  of  the  party  were  with  us  on  our  last 
excnrsi<,ns,  and  wherever  Coit   nu-t  ("oit  there  was  a  nmtual 
good    will    and    hearty    recognition.      Leaving    Worcester    at 
6  A.  M.,  we  a.  rived  In  Boston  at  8.     We  were  soon  on  our  way 
to  the  steamer,  where  we  found  our  genial  and  warm-heaited 


Vlll 


PREFACE. 


Capt.  IMke,  ready  to  give  us  a  hearty  greeting.  We  also  met 
about  lll'ty  others,  who  were  waiting  to^^join  our  number. 
Previous  to  starting  "our  own  speeial  artist"  invited  all  who 
wished  to  have  themselves  photographed,  with  the  boat,  to 
make  themselves  conspicuous  on  deck.  The  artist  executed 
his  part  well,  and  on  the  whole,  his  picture  makes  quite  a  desira- 
ble reminder  of  days  when  we  went  sailing. 

Our  most  excellent  band,  the  "Worcester  Brass  Band,"  T.  C. 
Richardson,  leader,  gave  us  and  the  people  assembled  some  rich, 
stirring  music.  The  steam  was  up  and  away  we  glided  down 
the  harbor.  The  scenery  was  beautiful,  and  every  heart  was  as 
full  .)f  enjoyment  as  it  could  be  ;  but  alas  !  it  was  of  sjiort  dura- 
tion, for  the  "  white  heads  "  were  soon  visible,  and  the  rocking 
and  pitching  of  the  steamer  was  not  calculated  to  make  those  of 
us  who  were  unused  to  a  sea-voyage  admire  its  beauty,  or  desire 
its  long  continuance.  The  upper  decks  were  not  as  crowded  as 
when  we  left  Boston  harbor.  Eyes  had  become  tired  and  heads 
dizzy  by  the  wonderful  sights;  and  so  rest  was  sought  in  a 
more  obscure  retreat.  'J\>  make  the  story  short,  it  was  dreadful 
rough  sailing,  with  now  and  then  a  little  fog.  There  were 
people  who  really  enjoyed  this  tnp  to  Portland,  and  called  it 
delightful !  And  so  it  may  have  been,  for  there  must  be  some- 
thing wonderful  and  niajestic  in  the  heaving  and  rolliiig  of  the 
waters  of  old  Nejjtune.  For  my  part,  I  did  n't  see  it  just  at  that 
particular  time.  I  think,  however,  that  distance  would  have 
lent  enchantment. 

During  the  voyage  to  Portland  the  usual  arrangements  had  to 
be  made  for  seats  at  the  tables.  As  usual,  the  Company  were 
divided  into  two  sections,  or  llrst  and  seconil  tables.  Then  the 
drawing  for  berths  was  an  exciting  occasion.  Best  of  all,  tlie 
selling    of   state-rooms    aflbrded    the    most    amusement.     Mr. 


;.ra--->»-i»B-.. 


PKEFACE. 


IX 


Glazier,  the  auctioneer,  and  our  head  steward,  was  just  the  mail 
for  the  occasion,  and  did  his  duty  well.  The  price  of  the  lowest 
state  room  sold  was  $15.00;  that  of  the  highest  $.-»fi.OO.  Total 
amount  realized  for  state  rooms  over  $J,400.  Making  our  whole 
receipts  a  little  over  .•^0,000. 

Arriving  in  Portland  at  C  oY-loek   v.    >k,  we   all   felt  better. 
Every  countenance  began  again  to  l)eam  with  joy- I  said  every 
one,  but  there  was  one  exception  :  a  lady  who  did  not  like  follow- 
ing  the  sea,  was  determined  tluU  if  she  lived  until  morning,  she 
would  take  the  land  route  and  r..iuru  to  her  home  in  Worcester 
as  quick  as   possible;    not  even  a  nighfs  lodging  would  she 
endure  on  board  that  steamer.     Here  is  what  one  of  the  papers 
said  about  Uie  matter:  "One  lady  who  started  with  the  Coits 
has  already  returned  home,  finding  herself  not  quite  enough  of  a 
sailor  to  continue  the  voyage  in  comfort.     The  trip  from  Boston 
to  Portland  was  unusually  rough,  and  a  gentleman  on  another 
steamer  saw  the  Colt  vessel,  as  he  describes  it,  resting  with  the 
bow  and  stern  on  the  tops  of  the  waves  and  both  paddle  wheels 
out  of  water,  si)inning  around  like  a  pin  wheel  on  the  Fourth  of 
July."    Some  of  the  above  may  be  true,  but  the  upright  position 
of  the  boat  aud  the  pin  wheel  operation,  I  am  inclined  to  thiuk 
is  a  little  stretched  for  the  occasion. 

The  reception  of  the  Colts  in  I'ortland  was  all  that  co-dd  bo 
desired  by  them.  As  we  were  steaming  up  the  harbor  guns 
were  tired,  steam  whistles  shrieked,  and  bells  were  rung.  Mayor 
Kingsbury,  with  other  distinguishe<l  citizens,  met  us  at  the 
wharf,  with  the  Portland  Brass  Band,  and  invited  us  up  to  their 
splendid  City  Hall,  where  we  were  heartily  welcomed  to  the  city 
by  the  distinguished  mayor.  Speeches  were  made  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Coits,  Gen.  A,  B.  K.  Sprague,  Capt,  Coyle  of  the 
International    Line    of    Steamers,     (our    steamer,    the    Neu, 


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PREFACE. 


Brunsiokk,  being  one  of  them),  by  Rev.  Asa  Bullard,  Rev.  Mr. 
Beal  and  others.  After  the  spcech-niakinji?,  the  hall  was  put  in 
order  for  the  merry  dance.  The  Portland  people,  with  the  Coit 
Party,  spent  the  hours  in  the  dance,  and  making  each  other's 
ac(iuaintance.  Our  short  stay  in  Portland  was  made  very  pleas- 
ant by  the  kind  manner  in  which  we  were  received  by  its 
citizens.  We  shall  long  remember  our  very  hearty  reception  by 
them. 

At  11  o'clock  we  started  for  the  next  port  of  destination, 
Eastport,  Me.  Here,  as  the  year  before,  we  were  met  by  the 
people  of  the  town  and  their  greeting  was  cordial.  The  great 
event  must  be  a  dance  in  their  Memorial  Hall.  The  reunion 
was  very  pleasant,  and  speeches  of  congratulation  were 
made  by  both  parties,  after  which  our  band  set  the  people  to 
whirling.  Eastport  is  a  tine  little  town,  "away  down  east," 
next  to  the  British  dominions.  The  people  are  sober,  industri- 
ous, cordial  and  ]iapi)y. 

We  left  Eastport  Thursday  noon,  27th  inst.,  for  Annapolis, 
N.  S.  —  distance  sixty-nine  miles  from  Eastport.  Arrived  at 
Annapolis  at  7  p.  M.  The  sea  was  rather  rough  but  not  so  hard 
for  us  as  the  day  b'ifore.  We  weathered  the  storm  well,  and 
heartily  enjoyed  the  bcautiftil  scenery  as  we  neared  the  old  city  of 
Annapolis.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  places  in  Nova  Scotia — 
early  settled  by  the  French,  then  by  the  English,  again  by  the 
French,  and  lastly  by  the  English.  We  were  shown  around  the 
city,  and  given  a  very  brief  history  of  the  same  by  Judge 
Cowley.  A  very  interesting  social  gathering  was  held  in  our 
cabin,  where  the  band,  our  choir  and  several  speeches  made  the 
time  i)ass  very  pleasantly  away  until  it  was  time  we  were  all  abed, 
as  we  were  to  make  a  very  early  start  for  Halifax,  by  rail,  in  the 
morning.     Arrangements  had  been  made  %vith  the  managers 


PliEFACE.  jjj 

Of  the  railroad  for  an  extra  train,  at  half  price  ($4.00  each)  for 
the  round  trip  of  2r>0  miles. 

The  trip  and  scenery  is  so  well  described  by  our  Correspon- 
dent'-A.  ,1.  „."thatwe  Will  not  a.  .pt  to  .o  what  is  so  .", 
done.  Sunic-e  it  to  say  that  this  was  the  most  deli^duful  part  of 
our  whole  trip.  Such  scenery  as  spread  itself  out  before  us  as 
we  journeyed  from  Annapolis  to  Windsor,  cannot  be  described 
It  will  lin,iror  while  life  and  reason  are  given  us 

From  Windsor  to  Halifax  was  not  to  be  compared  wiU.  what 
we  had  Just  feasted  our  eyes  on;  the  change  was  very  gro-,,  _a 
dense   forest  was  about  all  we  could  see  until  we   reached  liali 
fax.     The  harl>or  is  one  of  the  finest ;  the  older  part  of  the   city 
IS  a  dark,  dismal  looking  place.     The  citadel  or  fort,  is  beautiful 
for  situation,  and  is  really  worth  a  visit  to  any  one  who  has  not 
had  the  pleasure.     For  a  description,  I  refer  you  to  the  letters 
published  in  this  volume.     The  people  are  not  so  cordial  .,s  iu 
St.  John ;  they  looked  and  stared  at  us,  and  crossed  over  on  the 
other  side ;  they  seemed  afraid  we  had  come  to  take  away  their 
political  rights,  or  were  on  a  mission  of  annexation.     Our  recep 
tion  was  rather  of  the   cold  shoulder  kind.     The  great  thin., 
sought  for  first  of  all  by  our  party  was  a  dinner;  for  it  was  noon 
when  we  arrived;   and  a  ride   of  J25   miles    with    scarcely  a 
mouthful  of  breakfast,  made  us  feel  as  though  that  was  what  we 
needed   most.     Two    hundred   and   fifty   half-starved   men   ,„,! 
women  seeking  a  place  or  places  for  food,  was  an  interesting 
sight  for  the  people  of  Halifax;   we    were  not  all   fortunate 
enough  to  get  all  we  wanted  in  that  line;  for  a  famine  com 
menced  in  that  city  when  we  commenced  on  our  half-rations    at 
double  price.     The  people  of    Halifax    were    notified    several 
weeks  before,  that  we  should  make  our  appearance  among  them 
about  this  time,  and  should  have  made  a  little  more  preparation 


N 


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vt>y-.ipm.^.! 


Xll 


PREFACE. 


We  spent  ino.st  of  our  tiiiu!  in  sight-seeing  until  8  o'cloclv  p.  M., 
wlien  we  started  for  our  steamer  at  Annapolis.  A  jolly  time  wc 
had  until  we  arrived  at  headquarters,  at  1  o'clock  next  morning. 
Tliis  morning,  July  2I)tli,  at  (!  o'clock  our  steamer  started  for 
St.  John,  N.  15.,  a  distan(;e  of  fifty  miles,  and  but  for  ii  heavy  fog 
we  should  have  arrived  before  11  a.  .m.  On  our  arrival  we  were 
greeted  l)y  the  people  of  St.  John,  and  their  stores  were  tlung 
wide  <)i)en,  ready  to  sell  their  goods  at  a  much  less  price  than  we 
were  accustomed  to  pay.  Magee's,  the  heaviest  dry  goods  house, 
was  thf  favorite  resort  for  our  peoi)le;  of  course  not  being 
permitted  to  take  goods  home  with  us  without  paying  duty, 
Ave  only  looke(l  a(  llie  go(jds  and  eiKjuired  the  price.  There  was 
one  article  tliat  wo  did  Ael  at  liberty  to  l)uy  freely;  that  was 
gloves,  nearly  all  having  at  least  one  pair  and  some  several;  our 
purchases  were  not  very  lieavy.  In  the  evening  we  had  one  of 
the  best  social  gatherings  it  was  ever  our  good  fortune  to  attend. 
Our  cal)in  was  literally  packed  with  people;  and  many  were  un- 
able to  gain  admittance.  The  people  of  St.  John  were  very  cor- 
dial and  gave  us  a  good  reception.  The  speeches  that  were  made 
were  earnest,  grand  and  fraternal.  It  is  seldom  any  assend)ly 
is  called  upon  to  listen  to  any  better.  In  absc'uce  of  mayor 
Keed,  O.  D.  Wetmore,  Es(].,  made  the  welcome-speech.  It  was 
one  of  his  best  and  cunie  from  a  warm  heart.  Speeches  followed 
by  Uevs.  Messrs.  McKey,  Carey  and  Dodd  of  St.  John,  Trof. 
Dellissier  and  Messrs.  \V.  K.  Keyuolds,  Barclay  and  Irvine. 
These  were  responded  to  by  our  I'resident  and  Uev.  Messrs. 
Boardnum  and  Beal,  our  chaplains.  In  this  place  we  spent  the 
Sabi)ath;  the  day  was  warm,  foggy  and  umggy.  In  the  morn- 
ing, services  were  held  on  board  our  steamer.  Kev.  S.  L.  Beal 
preached  a  good  sermon  from  JcjIui  8  :  12.  "  I  am  the  light  of 
the  world."     Kev.  Mr.  Beal  was  assisted  in  the  service  by  Kev. 


PKEFACE. 


XlII 


>g 


M,.    .„„n.,„.„.    .,f„.  M,„  «.rv„.c.  „„r  poop,.,  s,...,,,.,,..,  u„ou.„. 

out  the  <.„y  .0  tl,c  Uim.,.o,„  ,. ,,„.».    ,„  M,c  ov,.„i„.  «.rvl,.™ 

r:  """"  '"■'"  ""  ' "■■  --"kt;  »„  ,.,.„t  vv„,  „„.  .rowc, 

7   "■","■"'■"  """^""  '"" ■"-Ii"«.....l...upp,.,.,„.,.k. 

lho„.,a„.ls  of  p..„pu.  o,„„.  H.y  nitel  ,„c  pl,„r„r„„s  or,!,..  ci„.-k,, 
Iho  .,..r,„„„  wa,  pre,,c „•  ,„.,.  „,  „„,„.,„„,„,   ,,,,^,      . 

c,apl.„.s.„ssi.,...li„,„„    .service,,   ,„  .,.„„e  Of  ,„„  ,s,   ,,„„„ 
clo,..,,„..„.     .,„„  „.,,,,,„„  „„,,„„,„,^^  ^^^,^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^_  ^^^^^ 

Mo„,l.v.   .„„,    ,.„s,,    ™,s   ,pe,„,    i„    «,.    .,o„„,  „„.   „,,,;■,,,„ 

r""'" •«■'■"■'-<■'"-".  '«'^*'r/at«oo.„  „ ,„H,..,p.  „„;,„;;. 

few  „„,,.,.  p,.„.s  .„..,.ve.s,     ,„„.  s,,,,  ,v,.s  „„„„  ,„,,.  ,„„,,,,;„  ,,;^ 
»«.-eo„.„e  b,  the  hearty  ,.eeeptio„  the  people  «ave  „s   whe,.ever 
we  went.     In  the  eveiiiii.r  another  I'lr.m  .r.,.h  .• 
"ur  stea,„er-»  calm,.     A  lar«..  „„,„l,..r  or  .he  people  .„•  „„.  ,„„ 

wer.,  p,.ese„t;  speeches,  sh.gipg,  „„„  „„,  „„„„_   ., .,,,^,  ^^^^ 

n,eeth,s„„..  of  pleas.n-e  a„„  iu.erost.  I  ,„„s.  ,„„  lail  ,o  „„.,„io., 
one  .,p,.eeh  ,vh,..|,  „•„.,  ..,.,c,„at....,  to  s.lr  a  littlc  ill  fecli,,,  „,„,,„, 
the  niai,  wh.)  „,ailc  it.  a    ./        t 

()„e  Mr.  Willis,  a  „,e,nl,er  of  parli-unct,  .■o„skleri„,.  l,i„,self 

""""■  l"""l'Ki-"  I'."  "fa  tira.l,.  .,f  a asalpst  o„r'o„v..r„. 

.n™t;a„,l  i„,i,„at,..l  that  we,  the  "0„its,"  ha.l  eo„,e  ,l„u-„  ,o 
the,r  .lo„,i„i„„s  to  ab„se  the  ti„..e„,  a„.l  s,,k  t„  a,„„..  l„.r 
ter,.ito,.y  to  oar  „„i,e.l  States.  The  sp,.ecl,  was  „„„.„  „,„  of 
place,  „„eall,..l  for,  a„<l  „„ly  „.,„„.,c,l  l,a,*  „„  the  hca.l  of  „i,„ 

who  ,„a.le  It.     Will,  this  sli,.ht  .leviati. ,„  wet  olf  like  elo,.k 

work.  We  shaU  „ev,.r  r,„.get  the  .-onlial  wel..o,ne  w,.  have  re- 
ceive.1  IVotn  our  IVic.ls  i„  St.  .John  ,l„ri„,-  two  visits  w..  h.ve 
made  to  that  beautift,,  city;  w..  hope  at  uo  .listaat  „ay  to  „,eet 
them  ai^ain. 

We  left  St.  John  for  Kastport  at  12  o'clock  this  Monday  ni^hr  • 
We  were  now  homeward  bonnd.     Arrived  in  Eastport  at  (;  ,.  .v,.' 


''V'.'^^i'A!iii,fi^.--^.i,..i0iji^';itt;ii,m 


XIV 


rUEFACE. 


Tuesday  inoniinj;.  Wt"  hoard  of  no  sea-sickness  during  this 
short  tri[).  Stayed  nearly  all  day  at  this  place  and  enjoyed  it 
very  much. 

Left  at  7  i".  M.  for  IJangor,  Ale.,  a  distance  of  130  miles. 
Arrived  in  liangor  at  3.30  p.  M.  of  Wednesday,  August  2nd;  we 
were  detained  several  hours  in  a  dense  fog  when  near  Bass 
Harbor. 

We  weri-  cordially  received  by  the  citizens  of  Bangor,  headed 
by  that  noble  man,  now  deceased,  mayor  Dale.  A  train  of  f'ars 
had  been  for  hours  in  waiting  to  convey  our  party  to  "  Old- 
town,"  where  we  might  get  large  ideas  as  to  wlnit  the  people 
know  about  lumbering.  Our  arrival  being  too  late  to  rim  the 
train  -o  as  not  to  interfere  with  other  trains,  wc  were  obliged  to 
abamlon  that  part  of  (lie  progrannne  that  had  been  gratuitously 
otfered  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  of  Bangor. 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  our  party  who  were  provided 
with  a  small  steamer,  by  the  same  generous-hearted  Mayor;  and 
were  thus  enabled  to  reach  (Jldtown. 

Thursday,  August  3d,  at  3.30  v.  m  ,  f(Mmd  us  in  the  beautiful 
and  quiet  city  of  Gardiner,  Me.  Mere  tlie  whole  people  came 
out  to  greet  us.  Johnson's  Hall,  one  of  the  hirgest  in  the  city, 
was  freely  opened  for  us.  The  mayor,  1).  C.  Palmer,  invited  us 
to  the  hall.  With  our  band,  we  were  soon  in  line,  headed  by 
the  mayor  of  (Jardiner,  and  other  distinguished  citizens.  We 
were  soon  gatherevl  in  the  hall.  A  speech  of  welcome  'vas 
nnide  by  the  mayor,  and  responded  to  by  the  President  of  the 
Colts.  Other  speeches  were  made,  after  which  the  floor  was 
p,ut  in  order  for  the  merry  dance.  The  crowd  was  so  great  tliat 
it  wiis  a  (lidicult  task.  Our  String  Band  furnished  the  music,  and 
a  general  good  time  was  had.  Soon  we  were  invited  to  tables 
well    loaded    with    good    things    for    the    physical    growth   of 


PREFACE. 


XV 


man.  We  felt  sorry  that  we  should  be  (hus  kimlly  treated,  for 
it  is  no  small  matter  to  provide  for  three  hnndred  people  on  so 
short  a  notice,  and  do  so  well  as  the  people  of  Gardiner  did. 
We  shall  always  feel  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  these  people  for 
their  hospitality. 

Friday,  August  4th,  at  12  noon,  we  left  the  people  of  Gardiner 
for  Portland,  where  we  arrived  at  0  v.  m.     Another  greeting 
awaited  us  here.      The  mayor,  with  other  distinguished  citi- 
zens, met  us  on  our  arrival,  and  desired  to  give  us  another  re- 
ception.    We  respectfully  declined  the  honor-first,  because  it 
was  asking  or  taking  too  much  after  the  grand  reception  given 
us  by  this  people  on  the  flrst  night  of  our  excursion;  secondly, 
we  were  near  home  after  living  upon  the  top  wave  of  excite' 
nient  for  ten  or  eleven  days,  and  were  about  tired  out.     We 
left  Portland  for  Boston  at  4  ,■.   m.,   and  arrived  in  Boston 
Saturday,  August  5th,  at  8  a.  Ar.    Here  we  were  put  through  a 
thorough  searching  process   by  the  Custom   House  ofticers  of 
Boston.     Our  baggage  was  all  placed  upon  the  dock;   we  were 
marshaled  into  line  by  the  police;  each  in  turn  had  to  till  out  a 
blank  of  the  number  of  bags,  trunks,  valises,  bundles,  &c.,  that 
he  had.     All   must  be  registered  by  an  oflicer,   who  was  in 
no  great  hurry  about  the  matter.    The  paper  was  then  put  into 
the  hands  of  another  Custom  House  otiicial,  who  proceeded  to 
examine  the  several  parcels  to  see  that  "  Uncle  Samuel"  should 
not  be  cheated  by  having  goods  smuggled  into  Boston  harbor. 
We  were  kept  in  line  about  four  long  hours,  going  through  this 
sweating  process,  in  a  drizzling  rain.     You  may  well  believe  we 
were  not  greatly  in  favor  of  that  way  of  doing  business.     It 
might  have  been  done  with  much  less  trouble  to  both  our  party 
and  the  United  States  officials.    The  whole  amount  confiscated 
for  all  this  trouble  was  one  velvet  vest  pattern-cost,  perhaps. 


XVI 


rHF-FACK. 


$5.00!     Tills  wjis  tlic  only  liiiuk'nmco  ami  iiiiposilioii  wo  had 
Ibiiiid  (luriii;^  our  I'litire  trip.' 

W(i  wtTc  soon  on  otir  wiiKlin;^  way  to  the  city  of  Worcester, 
thankl'ul  that  so  nmcji  oi"  pleasure  hail  been  enjoyed  by  our 
hirge  party. 

FAMILY  MEICTING. 

The  Coit  family  had  lonj(  desired  a  reunion  in  order  tlmt  they 
niiijht  hear  the  report  of  the  several  coiunnttees,  to  see  what 
our  llnancial  standini^r  was.  Accordingly,  a  ineetlnff  was  called 
for  the  18th  of  last  December.  Although  a  stormy  ni^xht,  there 
were  assembled  in  Sons  of  Temperance  Hall,  more  than  one 
hundred  and  tlfty  of  the  Coit  Family.  A  good  social  time  was 
had,  after  which  the  rresident,  W.  Mecorney,  called  the  meet- 
ing to  ordei  and  maile  a  short  address  of  welcome.  Barnard  & 
Hichardson's  String  Hand  Avas  present  and  gave  some  of  their 
good  music.  Several  speeches  were  made,  all  tending  to  an- 
other excursi(jn  for  1.S72.  OlHcers  were  cliosen  and  committees 
appointed  having  that  iu  view. 

The  following  are  the  olllcers  for  1S72:  President,  Wm. 
Mecorney,  of  Worcester;  Vice  Tresidcnt,  O.  T.  Maynard,  of  West 
Brooklield;  Secretary,  George  E.  Stearns,  of  Worcester;  Treas- 
urer, Gen.  A.  B.  R.  Sprague,  of  Worcester;  Stewards,  Henry 
Glazier,  T.  W.  Davis  and  Henry  Streeter.  of  Worcester;  Sur- 
geons, Drs.  K.  Scholielil,  of  Worcester,  and  George  F.  Forbes  of 
West  Brooktleld;  Chaplains,  Hevs.  M.  Ji.  Hoardman,  of  Brim- 
field,  and  S.  L.  Beal,  of  Westnunster;  Auditors,  Dr.  Curtis,  of 
Westborough,  E.  W.  Carter  and  M.  M.  Gartleld.  of  Worcester. 

Resolutions  were  passed  on  the  death  of  (ieo.  W.  Allen,  of 
West  Brooklield,  oue  of  the  party  of  1871 ;  also,  upon  the  death 


I 


rUEFACE. 


xvii 


m 


or  M,.,or  „.,„  of  ,.„„,o,.,  Mc,  >v„o  .,o  l.c-anily  buUo  „3  „c,c„™o 
to  tho  bfiiuliAil  city  of  iiiuigor. 

Letters  were  road  fro,,,  sover.l  of  ,!,„  „„sont  onos.     Two 
poem,  were  „,.„  reu.,  fro,„  M...  c,  M.  «„«,.„,,  „f  c„„„,e  „„, 

vo;:,::r  ""■  °'  °"''  ''""^■-  ■''"-  ""^■■"^  "^■^  "■■""»"""  >" ""» 

our  trcsurer,  Gen.  A.  „.  „.  Sp,,,,.,„,  ,„„„„  ,„^  , 

wu.  left  ,„  t,  e  h„„„.s  „f  „„  i,,„,„„,„_  ,„,  ,^  ,.,_,,^, 
other  exc„,-MoM  will,  the  coining  .,u„„„c,.  ' 

One  e„eo,„.„gi„g  a,at„,,  „,  „„  „„,.  „,„„.,,„„ 

wa.»  have  f„,.a»  ,..ft,  „,,e„  ,.  „,  „„„„, ,  ...^J^^;^^ 

be,„«o„,«c„  to  a.so,,  our  ,„e..„,H,rs  to  ,„a,e  ,„.  cLicie„o  L, 

bucee,,»  has  aiway.,  atte„.,oc,  these  exe„rsio„s.    K  t  a„  a"; 

has  ever  h„p„e„oU  to  ,„ar  ou.-  ..„j„,,,,,,    ^„  ,„,„;';' 

ave  „„sse    hetwee,,  a„.  ,.,e,„„e,.s  of  the  par,,.  a„.i  „„t       , 

cared  to.  us.    May  we  love  IIi„,  ,„o,.c.  .,„u  serve  Ili„,  better. 

W.   M. 


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•mr^'if^  *s'.».+i«sj 


*fr,4*A^,^ 


pFFiCERs  OF   Steamer. 


CAPTAIN  : 

SIMON  II.  PIKE,  LuijKc,  Me. 

pilot: 
LEONARD  S.  GRANT.  Rockland,  Me. 

CHIEF  engineer: 
THOMAS  MERRILL,  Ciiklsea,  Mass. 

SECOND  engineer: 
JAMES  H.  MERRITT,  Poutland,  Me. 

CHIEF  mate: 
JOHN  THOMPSON,  Portland,  Me. 

SECOND  mate: 
JAMES  THOMPSON,  Eastport,  Me. 


steward: 
WILLIAM  E.  LEONARD,  Braintree,  Mass. 


-,*J>*r|*(l,«tt  ii^'<(m«im^'^iJlt<„^' 


Members  of   the   Band. 


Ill 


LK.VOKIl: 

T.  C.  inciIAIlDSON. 

JOHN  ItlEDL, 

WM.  II.  IIEVWOOD, 

T.  F.  (iOODWIN, 

O.   II.   SMITH, 

A.  A.  BICKNKLL, 

C.  A.   r.\HKi:H, 

M.  IJIKDL, 

r.  L.  I5AKNAHD, 

H.  W.  BATCH KLLEIl, 

OTIS  A.  (iATES, 

T.  W.  SXOW, 

ED  WD.   II.VHTWELL, 

II.  A.  LIIJBY. 


Officers   of   the   Party. 


I'ltrsiDKNT: 
\VM.  MKCOKNKY. 

VlCi:   i'lM'slDKNT: 

O.  I».  MAYNAUD. 

SRCKKTAIIV. 

GE(J11GE  E.  STEARNS. 

TIJKASUni'.IJ : 

Gen.  a.  B.  R.  SPJIAGUE. 

STKWAUDH  : 

IIENIJY  GI.AZIEIJ, 
HENKY  STIJEETEIl, 
THOMAS  W.   DAVIS. 

sriJOKOxs : 
Dr.  EDWIX  S(  IIOFIETJ), 
Dk.  GEORGE  F.  FORBES. 

CIIAl'LAIXS  : 

Ri-v.  M.  B.  JJOARDMAN, 
Rev.  S.  L.  BEAL. 

AUniTOUS  : 

Dii.  MM.  CURTIS, 
E.  \V.  GARTER, 

M.  :\[.  (;arfield. 


NAMES  OF  TIIK  PARTY. 


E.  E.  AliBOTT Worcester. 

HORACE  AHMSBV Millbury. 

LEWIS  ARMSIJV 

WILLIAM   P.  ALLEN 

M.HS  A.   ALBEE Marlborough. 

Mi.sHKs  ARNOLD 

GEORGE  II.  ANDREWS Boston. 

Mm.  C.  S.  ALDRICII *.  vVebster 

SAMUEL  ALDRICII     .    .    .^ 

DANIEL  ALLEN West  Brookfldd. 

Mks.  DANIIilL  ALLEN .♦ 

GEOR(JE  ALLEN «. 

Mus.  GEO.  ALLEN     ........  u 

Rkv.  SAMUEL  J.    AUSTIN Warren 

.UJLES  M.   BURNS /.  "   ^^^^^^^^^ 

Rkv.  M.  B.   BOARDMAN Brirnrteld. 

^-  ''™''' Worcester. 

Mks.  SARAH  BEMIK 

.lOSEl'II  BOY  DEN      

J.   E.   BENCH  LEY 

ISAAC  A.  BANCliOFT 

Rkv.  S.  L.  BE  A I Westminster. 

WILLIAM  P.   BRIGHAM Marlborough. 

Mua.  WILLIAM  PITT  BRIGHAM 


r««*#>4|3#J*i;«a«^;«^'<;i,«--»,^y 


II 


24  COIT    COIJHKSrONDENCE. 

P.  G.  BOYNTON Worcester, 

L.  B.  BRA  LEY Westborough. 

Mus.  J.  V.  BROWN 

W.  G.  BUTTERWOR  ri[ Warren. 

IIAinUETTE  N.  BAKER Boston. 

W.   11.   BARNES 

Mrs.  W.  II.  BARNES " 

C.  BARNES  . 

Mus.  E.  F.  15ARNES Marlborough. 

JAMES  BROADBENT Worcester. 

Mks.  JAMES  BROADBEN  r " 

Mi!S.   ELLA  M.  BAKER Wcstiiiiuster. 

Masthii  J.  ARTIE  BAKER 

ADIN  G.  BAKER " 

Mrs.  D.  A.  BUSH •  Springlield. 

L.  W.  BROWNING Ilubbardston. 

G.  A.  I5A1LEY Brookfield. 

JOSEPH  BOYD Marlborough. 

Mus.  JOSEPH  BOYD 

G.   W.  BABBITT Brooktleld. 

ETTA  M.  BRKiHAM Marlborough. 

GEORGE  A.  BRIGHAM 

EDWARD  BARNES,  M.  D " 

Mus.  EDWARD  BARNES " 

Miis  E.  A.  BRIDGES " 

Miss  HARRIET   BAKER " 

N.  A.  BOYNTON .  New  York. 

Miss  F.  A.  BATGHELDER Whitinsville. 

Mrs.  M.  A.  BATGHELDER " 

E.  W.  CARTER Worcester. 

Mrs.  E.  W.  carter 


,# 


COIT    CORRESPONDENCE. 

Miis.  A.  F.  COOK Worcester. 

W.  F.  CHaSE Boston. 

Mrs.  H.  C.  COOK  . .. 

AGNETHE  C.  CLAUSEN Charle.stown. 

E.  CllAFFlN Worcester. 

Mhs.  E.  CHAFFIN 

I).  B.  CUMMIXOS 

H.  F.  COLE u 

LEWIS  CUTTING Qakdale. 

WILLIAM  CUKTLS Westborough. 

Mhs.  C.  M.  CURTIS 

S.  B.  COHBL\ Worcester. 

S.  G.  CONGDEN 

Mi!s.  S.  G.  CONGDEN a 

JOEL  CHENEY Soutlibiklge. 

T.  E.  CHAPIN North  Brookfleld. 

Miis.  T.  E.  CIIAPIN 

N.  B.  CHASE Wilkinsonville. 

A.  A.   COPELAXl) Worcester. 

C.  W.  CARSVVELL Woburu. 

Mas.  C.  W.  CARSWELL 

D.  F.  CRITCIIERSON Boston. 

AUSTIN  CUTLER Sprit.-field. 

JOEL  CHENEY Southbri(l<:re. 

JOHN  H.  CUNNINGHAM Charlestown. 

CALVIN  CLISBEE     . Marlborough. 

Mrs.  CALVIN  CLISBEE 

B.  F.  COLBURN South  Dedhaiu. 

PERRY  DEAN Norwich,  Conn. 

Miss  SUSIE  W.  DANFORTU Worcester. 

CHARLES  DENNIS    

3 


25 


■I 

i 


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26  COIT    CORRESPOxVDEXCE. 

Mks.  SUSIE  DEARBORN Worcester. 

i^  A.  II,  DAVIS 

A.  M.  DAVENPORT Westboroiigh. 

^-   ^>'^Y Webster. 

DICKINSON Eitehburg. 

THOMAS  W.  DAVIS Boston. 

Mus.  THOMAS  W.  DAVIS 

GEOJiGE  W.  DAVIS 

Miss  LI  LA  DAVIS Belchertown. 

GEORGIE  II.  DAVIS Springfldd. 

WILLIAM  E.  EAGER Marlborough. 

L.   R.   EDGERTON Njitick 

Mrs.   L.  R.  EDGERTON u 

W-  «•  ^I'^'T^'^^ ".  '    *   '  Worcester. 

ABRAHAM  FAV Northborough. 

Miss  GRACE  A.  S.  FAY Worcester. 

WILLIAM  FOSTER  ...  i^   ^     ^ 

Oxford. 

A.  J.  EISHEU ., 

Orange. 

Mhs.  a.  J.  FISHER ,< 

AHLIAH  FRENCH 

Mus.  ABU  AH  FRENCH .« 

''■  ''■  '""'^''''^ v.  New'ton  Centre. 

JOSEPH   H.    FAIRBANKS Westborough. 

G.  I).   FAIRBANKS  .    .  „     ^ 

Boston. 

Miss  S.  S.  FEXDERSON ^ 

L.  L.  FITTS.    .    .  u     •      «  ,j 
Springfield. 

Miss  BESSIE  D.  FREEMAN Provlncetown. 

C.  L.  FAY ^,.„.,, 

Marlborough. 

Mus.  C.  L.  FAY „ 

GEORGE  E.  R.  FARNUM.  .  .'.'.'.'.*.  .  .Boston. 
0.  D.  FORBES ,, 


3 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 

O.  G.  POWLE.  .   . 

MARK  FAY  .    . 

y.        ,,.  Marlborou-rh. 

Mits.  MAHK  FAY ,, 

JOHN  A.  FRYE 

Mks.  JOHN  A.  FKYE 

Miss  FREEMAN 

Miss  JULIA  GREENWOOD    ".  '.  '.   '.  *.  '.   .  Worcester 
JULIUS  GODDARD Worcester. 

CHARLES  GLEASON   ....'.'.'*'* 
HENRY  GLAZIER.    .....'    * 

WILLIAM  S.  GOULDING  '   '   *       r/ 

'^^^'^ Oswecro   N"  v 

NELLIE  S.  GOULDING . 

CARLOS  M.  GAGE 

LIZZIE  A.   GILMORE*.  V. '    '  '' *7^°- 

Miss  NELLIE  H.  GREEN. ^P->^«eld. 

JOHN  HILLARD  Sln-owsbury. 

Mns.  JOHN  HILLARD  '.'.'.[[[""  "^'T''''' 

C.   H.  HAK'DWICK. 

MI^s.  C.  H.  HARD^VICK'    '.'.'.'.[[][''  ^""'T^' 

Miss  LIZZIE  HA RDWICK 

S.  A.   HOWL  AND    ...  *    ' 

Miss  E.  A.  HO^VLAND.    '.'.'.['.[[['  '^''y- 

THOMAS  HARROP 

A.   HINDS  .    .  

Mks.  a.   hinds  ''.'.'.[['.[''  '!7^''""- 

HENRY  F.   HARRIS 

L.  M.   HARRIS  •...*.'.'.*.*.'.''■■■  ^"'^t'^'- 
Miss  MARY  F.  HARRIS  ......*' 

C.  M.  HARRIS 

AfKS.  C.  M.   HARRIS 

Miss  EMMA  HARRIS 


27 


28  COIT    COKRESPONDENCE. 

CHARLES  A.  IIUSSEY Muiiboroiigh. 

G.  M.  HOWE Oxford. 

Mrs.   PIIEUE  A.  HALL Soullibridge. 

Mrs.  ALBA  HOUGHTON,  Jk Worcester. 

FRANK  E.  HIGGINS " 

JOHN  HOMAN Wcstborough. 

CHARLES  S.  HENRY " 

L.  F.  HOVEY Boston. 

P.  HARBACH Worcester. 

LYMAN  W.  HOWE Marlborough. 

Mus.  LYMAN  W.  HOWE " 

GEORGE  H.  HOWARD ,    .  West  Brooklield. 

W.  E.  HOBBS 

H.  C.  HARRINGTON Worcester. 

I).  M.   HEMENWAY Westborough. 

F.  E.    IIIGGINS " 

SARA   IlOrCxHTON Worcester. 

Mrs.  C.  C.  HOUGHTON " 

L.  N.  HOLTON  .' '* 

Mus.  L.  N.  HOLTON " 

Mus.  A.  HOUGHTON " 

HENRY  TLVMAN AVebster. 

ELBRIlXiE  HOWE Marlborough. 

Mus.  S.  HOWE 

Mus.  E.  HOWE " 

Miss  MARY  HOLMAN " 

Mu'i.  A.  HANSON West  Brookfleld. 

Miss  ELLA  M.  JESSUP Westtield. 

WILLARI)  JONES Worcester. 

Mrs.  W.  .JONES " 

IRA  W.  JONES 


COIT   CORIiESPONDENCE. 
C.  C.  JOHNSOX. 
Mas.  C.  C.  JOHNSON.*  .'  .*  .*  .'  .'  .' ^T'' 

FKANK  JILLSON   .  ' 

X,       ,,    ,  Webster. 

Mrs8  II.  KNIGHT    . 

WTrTTAur  .,  Worcester. 

WILLIAM  KNOWLES 

Mrs.  WILLIAM  KNOWLES   .    .   .   , 

JOSEPH  P.  KNOWLTON  '   '   '  gk 

XT    „r    ..  Shrewsburv. 

h.  w.  knight. "^ 

mj{8.  h.  w.  knight  .  .     ''^"°^' 

IIKKBERT  J.  KNOWLTON  '.  '.  '.  '.  '.  '.  '.  V.^eelr 

JOHN  F.  KNOWLTON vvorcester. 

F.  A.  KNOWLTON 

J.  KNOWLTON 

J.  KNOWLTON 

H.  B.  LEWIS  .    . 

LEWIS  A.  LELANI) ''^"'"'^'• 

DAVID  LAKCOME   .".'.'.'.'..; """?"• 

PHEBE  A.  LEONAKD    .    .         '.'        [[.„ 

C.   B.  LEONARD .;;.""       l!'^'  T 

L.  A.  LELAND  .    .  *        * 

„„rrT  vVestboroueh. 

WILLIAM  LUCAS  .    .  „,  ^ 

„    ,,    ^  ^,  Worcester. 

F.  M.  LOVEKING 

Mus.  GEORGE  LOUD  .    .  at.  u     " 

K.  N.  MERRIAM     .  MaHborough. 

,,       „    ^^  vvorcester. 

Mus.  R.  N.  MERRIAM 

Miss  E.  J.  MERRIAM 

Miss  ADDIE  B.  MOORE  ....!... 
Mrs.  E.   MORGAN 

M.  MUNROE     . 

(( 

WILLIAM  MECORNEY 
Mrs.  WILLIAM  MECORNEY 

*  3*    '    ' 


29 


30  COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 

Miss  J.  MILES Westmiuster. 

D.  C.  MILES " 

C.  R.  MITCHELL Quincy. 

Miss  LIZZIE  MITCHELL " 

Mks.  C.  R.  MITCHELL " 

O.  P.  MAYNAKD West  Bnx^ktleld. 

Mrs.  O.  p.  MAYNARD "  " 

RICHARD  MONTAGUE     ......    .  Wcstborough. 

Mrs.  C.  p.  MIRICK     .   .   .   .- " 

LEWIS  L.  MORIUS New  York  City. 

LEANDP:R  MAYNARD Shrewsbury. 

OTIS  L.  MANSON Worcester. 

HARRIET  E.  MANSON 

J.  J.  MURPHY " 

G.  MILLER *• 

JOSEPH  MANNING Marlborough. 

Mus.  JOSEPH  MANNING 

All  TEMAS  MERRIAM Westminster. 

Mus.  S.  H.  MERRIAM " 

Miss  IDA  MERRIAM " 

Miss  MARY  MURPHY Worcester. 

E.  W.  NORWOOD Briinfleld. 

NATHAN  OLDS Hartford,  Conn. 

ALBERT  OLDS  

WILLIAM  ONTHANK Marlborough. 

Miss  H.  E.  OBER Beverly  Farms. 

F.  F.  PHELPS Worcester. 

HORATIO  PHELPS  

Mus.  HORATIO  PHELPS " 

LENORA  E.  PERRY " 

W.  H.  PIERCE " 


COIT   CORHESPONDENCE. 

LEVI  I'KIHCE Worcester. 

Mks.  LEVI  PEIUCE .. 

WILLIAM  I).  I'UOUTY 

ANN  S.  PHOUTY' u 

MisH  MAKY  E.  PROUTY .. 

Miss  ALICE  M.  PKOUTY    . ' «« 

A.  S.  POTTER '.   .  Boston. 

L.  RUSSELL Worcester. 

Mus.  JOHN  RICE Northborou^'h. 

FRED.  S.   RICE Murlbon,uj;h. 

ANSON  RICE Northboroujrl,. 

ANGIE  W.  RICKER Quincy. 

WILLIAM  A.  RICE Boston. 

JOHN  RICHARDS Worcester. 

R.   R.  ROBINSON 

J.  A.  RILEY Leicester. 

Dn.  J.  H.   RORIXSON Southborough. 

Mrs.  C.  K.  RORINSON a 

Master  FRANK  H.  ROBINSON     ...  «« 

Mastkr  dick  S.  ROBINSON «« 

JONAS  RICE Westborough. 

GEORGE  E.  STEARNS Worcester. 

Mrs.  GEORGE  E    STEARNS 

Mrs.  LUCY  SAWIN 

Miss  SPAULDING .  Webster. 

GEORGE  A.  SMITH Norwich,  Conn. 

W.  E.  SAUNDERS  " Cambridge. 

EDWIN  B.  SMITH Westfleld. 

ALLIE  K.  SAWYER College  Hill. 

EDWIN  SCHOFIELD Worcester. 

A.  B.  R.  SPRAGUE .« 


31 


32  COIT   COHUESPONDENCE. 

D.  W.  SIIErAllD Warron. 

Mhs.  SAKAIl   C.  SCIIOFIKIJ)  .    .   .    .  New  York  City. 

M188  J.IZZIE  A.  SMITH Woburn. 

W.  J.  STEARNS Clinton. 

CIIAHLES  C.  SIBLEY Westboron,i;h. 

Mus.  C.  M.  SAWYEH Colle<;e  Hill. 

IIEIMiEliT  E.  STRATTON (Janlncr. 

THOMAS  STOTT Worcester. 

Mns.  THOMAS  STOTT     . «« 

JENNIE  STO  TT «« 

HENRY  A.  STREETER " 

WALTER  E.  STRATTON " 

S.  R.  SMITH Si)rin!/llcUl. 

JAMES  J.  SMITH Chelsea. 

M18S  JULIA  SIRLEY Southhrldge. 

Z.  SMITH." Spriiii,'/lel(l. 

Mus.  Z.    SMITH 

Mrs.  A.  E.  SMITH Leicester. 

D.  W.  SHERARD Warren. 

J.  J.  SMITH Boston. 

Mks.  J.  J.  SMITH 

W.  J.  SWIFT ■  .    .    .  Marlborough. 

CHARLES  A.  SAWIN Hartford,  Conn. 

EDWARD  A.  TALBOT Boston. 

ELISHA  TOLMAN,  Ji{ Worcester. 

MONSIEUR  TEDDY Sharon,  Vt. 

JOHN  TOGUS • 

N.  S.  TAFT Worcester. 

J.  B.  TYLER,  M.  D Northampton. 

ISAIAH  WHITE Quincy. 

Mrs.  ISAIAH  WHITE 


COIT   CO K I{ KM'ON hENCK . 

M»s.  PnrDKNCK  I'TLKV Uicoster. 

.T.   WIIITK boHton. 

Mi:s.  .1.   WHITE »« 

Miss  WIUTE «« 

JAMES  J.   WAHKEN Brimflcld. 

MAUV  E.   WAliREX 

ELEEN  E.   WAHKEN «» 

MAJiV  W.   WAHKEN «• 

FAWIE  E.   WAinJEX •« 

JOHN  M.   WAKUEX «« 

Mus.  EMOKV  L.  WOOD Westborou^Mi. 

W.  II.  WILLAUD Worcester. 

HA  Kill  E  A.   W I  LEA  in) " 

II.    II.  WILLIAMS «« 

Mus.  lU'TlI  WILLAKl) '« 

KICIIAUI)  A.  WILLIAMSON Rochdale. 

Miss  LIZZIE  AVKIGllT Marlborough. 

Miss  WOOD " 

Miss  MARY  E.  WHITING Oakdale. 

CHARLES  F.  WIIEELOCK     ....  South  D.dliam. 

Miss  ELLA  WILLIAMS Si)riii.<r»ield. 

J.  D.  WILLIAMS Uubbarilstou. 

D.   WILLIAMS 

[JAMS "      " 

WILLIAMS 

HUE  WILLIAMS «« 

SIR  M.   WILLIAMS 

IDA  WILLIS    ........  College  Ilill. 

i^iiHER suleiu. 


33 


Mits. 
Miss 
Miss 
Miss 
C.  II. 


COIT    CORIiKSI'OXDKxcj,; 


op 


18  7  1. 


OrlKina.ly  pwhllslu-.J  |„  ,„„  ^y„rcvBU^T  EvenlnK  fl«z.. 


tte. 


SaU«.„l  iml,  «,.,.„    ,,,„„„  K„,„,„_„,„„  „„,,„„„„„„, 
rorll,ii,d-(;r,.ut  Kx|„Mt.i(l<>iis. 


I 


At  Ska,  oik  m,-.  I)|.;s,:i.,,  j„|y  oc.  ]S7i. 

JIIK  -reat  (J.,ir  Family  has  t,,.v<.l.,I  un.l.r  a  .-lo,.! 
tl«'is  far.  At  this  .iionieiil,  10  v.  ,,.,  ,i,^.  j^,,^ 
^'^"''  '^  ^^"<"'<'^^'  l'i>^  ^'"ll<'^vs  in  s,.if<.  of  Kh.-r 
^Koh.s,  ,H..l  Jnpih.r  I>h,vi„s.  .n,M.ann,.rIv  lent  is 
I'ounni..  n.l.luat.rnpon  us  ui,h  th.  .vhh.nt  intVntiun  c.f 
<l'-oH'nn„.  MS  out.  NVplnne.  <Mlho,.  .h-a-l  or  in,hm.,vn, 
nowh.n.  shows  his  phu-M  phi.  ahov.  th.  smfa.v  onh.^ 
water,  tho„o.h   MHiliit.ul.s  of  (Nv)reldH.(l  hoinc^s  have  he.-n 


unceasing  i„  their  sacrifices  to  I 


hmnotHs~\w  won't  hu<l<re,  he  1 


iini  niglit  and  d; 


IV 


Stat 


las  no  boweh.     Meanuhilt 


we  go  up-up-up;  and  then,  with  a  gcnth',  swan-Iikt 


and  a   die-away  sensation  tot)  beautif 


111    to  he  described. 


36 


COIT   CORUKSPOXDENCE. 


Coits  of  tlie  ])lu('kier  sort  are  Imddlt'd  and  pcrt-lifd 
togetlior  ill  every  available  ])laee  of  shelter,  lookiiij;  out 
fi'oni  beiieatli  slouclied  and  dri|^]>in^■  hats  with  (hil)ious,  not 
to  say  niorcyse  expressions  upon  tiieir  faces.  Within,  "the 
liunian  form  divine"  apjtears  in  a  variety  of  lini])  attitudes 
and  its  face  is  lu<;ubrious.  In  the  hulv's  cabin  there  is  "a 
sea  ot  trouble,"  but  no  disjtosition  to  "take  u])  arms." 
But  as  Nero  fiddled  when  Konie  was  burninLj,  and  gay 
youni;  nun  and  maidens  caroused  while  the  pestilence 
wasted  Florence,  so  in  the  saloon  of  the  steamer  JVetc 
Jiransvm'k  to-d.iv,  the  sounds  of  wind  and  slriuixed  insti'u- 
ments  blend  with  the  oroans  of  the  sea-sick  and  the  tur- 
moil of  the  elements. 

An  excellent  table  was  s])read,  and  the  trumi)et  was 
sounded ;  but  there  was  no  rush.  Soup,  roast  beef  and 
Ixiiled  halibut  have  attractions,  no  doubt  ;  but  there  are 
higher  objects  of  tliouii,ht,  and  the  j^reat  Coit  family  was 
thirdciui;  of  somethinii;  else.  This  stale  of  things  is  not 
to  l»e  reL?Mrded  as  a  calamity,  like  the  ap])earance  of  the 
C'olora<lo  beetle :  for  if  it  continues  it  must  iiu'vitably 
lighten  the  expenses  and  swell  the  divitlend.  For  the 
j)resent  there  is,  I  fancy,  a  ])rej)on<lerance  of  misery  on 
board;  but  we  ex])ect  to  get  rid  of  it  all  at  Eastjiort,  and 
to  pursue  our  way  under  more  favoiable  au8})ice8. 

This  great  family  is  so  tlioroughly  disciplined,  and  its 
affairs  are  so  etticiently  handled,  that,  excepting  the 
weatlier,  nothing  has  gone  awry.     Quitting  Boston  at  10 


:3 


COIT    CORRESPONDENCE. 


37 


we  steamed  directly  for  Portland,  and  just  at  the  designated 
hour,  6  p.  M.,  were  i)a88ing  the  islands  and  forts  which 
stud  the  beautiful  harbor  of  the   P^jrest   City.      At  the 
wharves,  Mayor  Kingsbury  and  citizens,  accompanied  by 
Chandler's  Band,  were  in  waiting.     Ills  Honor  at  cnce 
invited  the  excursionists  to  the  City  Hall,  where  a  large 
number  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  were  assembled  to  gre^^t 
the  Massac^husetts  visitors.     After  a  pleasant  address  from 
the  Mayor,   to  which  President  Mecorney   ap},i-opriately 
resj.onded,  and  a  i'aw  remarks  from  Gen.  Sprague,  Capt. 
Coit  and  others,  a  hop  was  extemporized  which  njust  needs 
come   to   an   untimely  end  by   a  sunnnons   to   the  boat. 
Promptly  again,  on  the  stroke  of  11,  the  JVeia  llrunsicick 
stole  off,  and  before  morning,  had  well  nigh  groped  her 
way  to  where  my  letter  began. 

On  the  whole,  there  is  good  reason  to  predict  a  successful 

excursion.     The   state-rooms  sold   briskly  at  an    average 

of  forty  dollars  per  room —  the  whole  amount  realized  by 

their  sale  being  $1,38.5,  nearly  |^  00  more  than  last  year. 

Then,  too,  the  Coit  Family  is,  or  is  bound  to  be,  a  select 

party— in  a  sort  of  Darwinian  sense  at  least.     The  gi-eat 

principle  of  "natural  selection"  or  the  "survival  of  the 

strongest"  is  here  peifectly  exemi)lified.     How  many  will 

survive  in  the  present  "struggle  for  life,"  if  this  weather 

holds,  it  would  puzzle  the  best  developed  ape  in  existence, 

be  he  Darwin  or  somebody  else,  to  tell.     At  all  events, 

this   company   admires    itself,   and   if   the   spirit   of  the 


Wr 


38 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 


original  monkey  from  whom  we  have   all  doscen<le<l  (or 
ascended?)  hovers  over  iis  in  the  drizzly  air,  I  know  he 


must  be  wagging  his  tail  with  satisfaction. 


A.    II.    D. 


Arrival  at  Eastport— A  Fog^y  Crow— A  ^luiiieipal  Welconie- 

Coits  and  Cod  Lines. 


Eastpout,  Mmnk,  July  27,  1871. 

^|HE  Coit  party  reached  Eastport  last  evening  at  6 
o'clock ;    and   in  spite   of  the   drizzle,  found  the 

^  wharf  and  adjoining  woodpiles  covered  with  a 
dense  throng,  who  nearly  lifted  the  fog  wnth  their 
shouts  of  welcome.  Discontented  occu}>ants  of  beds  in 
the  infernal  regions  tlocked  to  the  Passama<pioddy  House, 
and  begged  for  one  night's  blissful  re))Ose ;  but  the  pre- 
siding demon  was  inexorable,  and  sent  them  back  wailing 
to  their  own  place  of  torment.  This  large  and  handsome 
hotel  was  first  opened  for  guests  last  season.  Tt  is  most 
excellently  kept  by  the  proprietor,  Mr.  Elisha  Taft,  and 
during  the  sunnner  months  has  seldom  an  empty  room. 


COIT    CORRESrONDENCE. 


39 


Among  the  i)onn;inent  boarders  tl.o  register  records  names 
from  Boston,  Salem,  New  York,  and  one,  at  least,  from 
Worcester  _]\Ir.  William  Sunmer  -  who  is  here  with  a 
yaclit,  and  wlio  bri.igs  the  same  intense  enthusiasm  to  salt 
water  sports  that  distinguishes  him  iu  the  mtisical  woi-ld. 

The  citizens  of  Eastport  liad  made  extensive  prepara- 
tions to  entertain  the  Colts.     The  whole  party  were  in- 
vited to  Memorial  Hall,  which  was  fonnd  spacious  enough 
for  a  large  conii.anj  of  dancers  and  a  larger  one  of  sj.ecL 
tors.     The  Chairman  of  the  Selectmen,  in  behalf  of  his 
townspeople,  bade  us  welcome  in  a  neat  speech.     Messrs. 
Mecorney  and  xMaynard  responded.     The  gas  "shone  on 
fair  women  and  brave  men."     -  The  light  fantastic  toe  "(s) 
were  aching  to  trip.     "Music  arose  whli  its  voluptuous 
swell,"  and  straightway  the  whirls,  genuflections,  and  l)e- 
wildering  entanglements  of  the  dance   began,   and  only 
ravelled  out  in  the  "wee  sma'  hours." 


"  No  sleep  till  morn,  when  youth  and  pleasure  meet 
To  chase  the  glowing  hours  with  Hying  feet." 

This  morning  the  clouds  have  scattered  and  brought 
back  the  sun.  How  the  waters  sparkle !  There  is  general 
rejoicing,  and  some  heathen  shouts— '•  three  cheers  for  the 
Sun  ! "  A  score  of  boats  have  shot  out  into  tiie  bay,  la.len 
with  Coits  and  cod  lines.  Several  sailing  parties  are  coast- 
ing about  the  harbor  and  along  the  shores  of  Campobello. 
In  a  word,  our  recovery  is    complete.     No   sick  mortal 


40 


f 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 


among  us  wishes  to  be  set  ashoi-e,  or  to  be  sent  liome,  or 
to  go  down  into  the  briny  deej). 

The  annual  i)ea  bee  has  just  come  off.  Last  year  twelve 
bushels  escaped  fi'orn  their  shells  in  thirty  minutes.  This 
morning  the  ladies  have  liberated  the  same  number  in 
twenty  minutes. 

liichardson's  full  band  is  giving  a  grand  out-door  con- 
cert on  Water  street.     I  nmst  be  there  to  see. 

At  precisely  12  m.  we  start  for  Annapolis,  N.  S.— a  five 
hours'  run. 

A,    II.    1). 


Learing  Eastport-  Arrival  at  Annapolis. 


Annapolis,  N.  S.,  July  28,  1871. 

ROMPTLY  at  12  m.  avc  steamed  away  from  East- 
port,  breathing  balmy  air,  and  bathed  in  glorious 
sunshine.  We  quickly  glide  by  Campobello,  other- 
wise called  Feniana,  then  Grand  Menan,  leave  a 
pack  of  Avolves  on  our  left,  and  steer  dii-ectly  across  the 
mouth  of  the  Bay  of  Fundy.     We  are  soon  enveloped  in 


COIT   CORHESl'ONDENCE.  41 

fog  rolled  in  from  the  great  fog  .nanuiUetory  bdo^v  l>y  a 
stiff  southerly  breeze,  but  the  tide  is  in  our  favor  and  the 
Iiorrors  of  sea  niokness  are  averted.     At  length  we  reach 
Digl>y  Gut,  60  miles  from  Eastport,  a  narrow  strait  with 
bold  headlands,   eonstitutnig   the   entrance    to  Anna,,„Iis 
I>asm  and  river.     From  here  to  Annapolis,  U  n.iles,  the 
most  cliarming  rural  scenery  meets  our  eyes  on  either  bank 
Pretty  cottages    line    the.  shores  and  green  fields  stretch 
away  to  mountain  ranges  in  the  back  grounds.     Peaceful 
and  pictures<iue-it  is  the  very  Acadia  of  our  imagination 
Soaring  Annapolis  about  7  r.  m.  our  band  startles  the 
'"Habitants  and  brings  them  all  to  the  wharf     They  num 
ber  about  GOl)  souls,  an<l  are  mainly  farmers.     Their  ton  n 
IS  the  oldest  settleine.it  in  the  provhice  and  the  oldest  in 
An.enca  after   St.    Augustine.     It    was   foumled    bv   the 
French  in  1G05,  and  named  Port  K'oyal.     Dnring  thJ  17th 
century  it  was  now  under  French,  and  now  under  Fn.dish 
nile,  tossed  back  and  forth  like  a  foot  ball,  accor.iin.-  to  the 
varying  fortunes  of  war.     In    1710   it    came    finally   into 
British    possession    and    was  named   Annapolis    Roval   in 
honor  of  Queen  Anne. 


The  one  inte 


resting  feature  of  the  nl 


the  old  French  fort.     Its  ramj.arts  no  1 


cannon,    and    it  is    n 


place  is  the  ruins  of 
ongei   bristle  with 


English  soldier  1 


lany    a  day    since    eitjier  F 


rench 


lere  i)aced  his  tediou 


or 


•^  rounds.     Onlv  tl 


dilapidate.1   oflicers'    barracks,    the    little    blockl 
magazine  remain.     The  latter  is  a  genuine  curiosity,  built 


louse    and 


r^ 


42 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE, 


of  sqimre  blocks  of  bojiutiful  wliite  atone,  brought  all  the 
way  from  old  France.  The  fortitication  was  surrounded 
by  a  moat  into  which  the  water  of  the  river  mi^ht  with  no 
great  effort  be  turned  to-day.  The  jincient  drawbridge  is 
still  represented  by  a  few  decaying  timbers. 

We  wei'e  specially  indebted  to  Judge  Cowley,  of  An- 
napolis, who  conducted  us  to  points  of  interest  and  showed 
us  many  courtesies.  At  the  jail,  we  were  shown  into  the 
poor  debtor's  room  and  into  the  dungeon,  the  latter  being 
a  small  granite-walled  cell  with  no  ventilation.  It  was 
pleasant  to  be  told  that  it  is  seldom  used. 

To-morrow  morning,  at  5  o'clock,  some  250  of  us  take 
the  Windsor  and  Annapolis  Railway,  for  Halifax.  The 
distance  is  124  miles.  The  fai'e  for  the  round  trip  is  $4.00 
in  geenbacks. 


A.    H.    D 


A  Trip  to  Halifax— Appearance  of  the  Country— Acadia. 


Halifax,  N.  S.,  July  29,  1871. 

W/IVE  o'clock  in  the  morning,"  is  all  very  pretty  as 
Madame  Parepa  sings  it,  and  the  j)rosiest  mortal 
would  own  it  a  charming  sight  to  see  "the  mower 
whet  his  scythe"  at  that  hour,  on  the  Grand  Pre; 


D 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE.  43 

but  when  one  has  been  a IJritons  guest  until  midnight,  and 
has  then  written  a  letter  to  the  Worcester  Evening  Gazette 
before   going  to  be<l,  not  all  the  nine  muses   can  wake 
up  his  poetic  sense  at  five  o'clock  in  the  morning.     Yet 
that  was  the  hour  set  for  starting  upon  our  ride  tln-ough 
the  Annapolis  Valley.     I    had   hardly   got   fnrly   asleep, 
when  I  began  to  hear  a  most  insufferable  drum-beat,  de- 
moniac yells,  and  a  roar  as  of  battle.     A  vague  notion 
possessed  me  that  I  had  been  drafted  on  Satan's  side  in  a 
war  with  Heaven.     Paitially  waking,  an  incolierent  din  of 
voi<.e.s  suggested  Pandemonium.     One  anxious  look  from 
the    state   i-ooni  window   dispelled   the    horrible  illusion, 
and  revealed  the  hulicrous  reality.     There  upon  the  wharf 
were  the  cars  already  going  through  with  those  interesting 
preliminary  forward  and  backward  movements  in  which 
ears  are  wont  to  in<lulge.     By  means  of  a  few  dextrous 
thrusts  and  plunges,  I  was  enabled  to  give  almost  innnedi- 
ate  pursuit,  accompanied  by  some  of  my  clothes.     The  cars 
start e<l  in  ten  minutes. 

We  bowl  along  at  a  somewhat  rajjid  rate  towaixls  Kent- 
ville,  our  first  stopj.ing  place,  54  miles  away.  On  our  right 
and  left,  about  equidistant,  are  parallel  ranges  of  mountains 
running  an  easterly  course  nearly  the  whole  length  of  the 
Province.  Their  green  sides  <lis{,lay  fre(pient  "cultivated 
clearings  and  pasture  lands.  Tl.eir  sunnnits,  nowhere  ris- 
ing into  peaks,  are  as  even  to  the  eye  as  an  artificial  wall 
Between  is  the  valley,  from  10  to  30  miles  wide;  and  by 


|-: 


44 


COIT   CORUESrONDENCE. 


!       M 


i  i 


our  Hide  for  a  cons'ulerable  way  flows  Annapolis  river. 
Tlic  whole  area  is  luuler  high  cultivation,  and  to  our  en- 
clianted  eyes  looks  like  a  niaLcnificent  garden.  The  neat 
and  often  vine-clad  cottages,  with  their  trim  fences  and  line 
fruit-orcliards,  tell  of  a  thrifty  rural  pojtulation.  Dikes 
cross  the  meadows,  dug  by  the  Acadian  peasants  long,  long 
ago.  The  landsca})e  wears  tlie  look  of  June.  The  cherries 
are  just  ripening.  The  vast  jiotato  fields  are  almost  gay 
with  white  and  pink  blossoms — omiiu>us,  they  say,  of  a 
])roliflc  yield.  Fields  of  wheat  and  oats  display  a  rank 
growth,  but  have  no  heads  yet  to  show.  The  liMymakers 
are  afield,  busily  cutting  the  grass,  or  tossing  it  to  sun  and 
spreading  its  fragrance,  while  all  around  thousands  of  hay- 
cocks dot  the  broad  expanse. 

Man,  however,  lives  partly  by  bread,  for  which  beauty 
is  no  substitute,  and  we  are  at  Kentville,  inntatient  for 
breakfast.  We  are  informed  that  there  are  seats  at  table 
for  only  ninety  at  a  time ;  so  Mr.  (Tlazier  proceeds  to  l>isect 
us,  allowing  one  half  of  each  individual  to  eat  at  tlie  first 
table,  and  the  other  half  at  the  second.  This  came  near 
causing  some  ill  feeling,  and  doubtless  accounts  for  the  fact 
that  the  pro})rietor,  JNlr.  Sangster,  charged  us  about  double 
the  usual  rate.  There  had  been  a  circus  the  day  before, 
and  tlie  "baked  meats  did  coldly  furnish  forth"  our  table. 

Seven  miles  further  on  we  pass  Wolfville,  the  seat  of 
Acadia  College  and  of  a  young  ladies'  seminary,  while  an- 


OOIT   CORKESPONDENCE. 


45 


'g 


other  tl.rco  bring  us  to  the  very  sj.ot  where  once  stood 
the  little  village  of  Grand  Pre.- 

"Still  stands  the  forest  primeval;  but  under  the  shade  of  its  branches 
Dwells  another  race,  with  other  customs  and  language. 
Only  along  the  shores  of  tne  mournful  and  misty  Atlantic 
Lingers  u  few  Acadian  peasants,  whose  fathers  from  exile 
Wandered  back  to  their  native  land,  to  die  in  its  bosom." 

As  we  look  out  upon  the  beautiful  Grand  Pre,  thousands 
of  level  acres  unn.arred  by  fence,  we  indignantly  think 
on  the  terrible  struggle  which  there  took  place  one  bitter 
winter  morning  a  century  ago,  between  English  sohliers 
and  the  poor  French  peasants,  when  all  the  wo.nided  were 
left  to  freeze  to  death.     We  build  again  in   intagination 
the  httle  church  they  loved,  in  which,  treacherously  de- 
coyed to  hear  the  king's  proclamation,  they  were  till  tttade 
prisoners,  and  required  to  choose  between  exile  and  allec^i- 
at.ce   to  the  second  George.     We  like  not  to  be  reminded 
that  the  British  cotntnander.  Gen.  Winslow,  was  a  Massa- 
chusetts   man,    of  distinguished    I>uritan   stock ;    but   we 
should  expect  to  fitid  him,  later  in  ]if,,  a  desj.icable  loyal- 
ist; and  we  do  not  grieve  to  know  that  when  he  was  him- 
self an  exile,  he  fled  to  the  land  he  had  desolated,  to  die, 
that  his  memory  rots,  and  that  his  family  name  is  extinct.' 
Scarce  a  vestige   of  the  little  hamlet  is   now   visible 
though  some   two  years  ago,  in   making  the  road  over 
which  we  pass,  the  workmen   unearthed  several  hundred 


40 


COIT   COUUESPONDENCE. 


\     ^ 


loiiii(lati()iis  of  tlu'ir  cottages,  evoii  (llscoveriiig  the  blaek- 
sinilli's  sli<»|>  liy  its  lu'fipH  of  cimU'rs  niid  bits  of  iron. 

On  llic  southwest  coast,  Ity  the  misty  Atlaiitic,  is  the 
townshi|)  of  Clari',  to  wliich  such  of  the  Frencli  as  svouhl 
take  tlie  oatii  of  alle<iiance  were  assiiiiied.  AVe  re<>ret 
that  our  route  does  not  take  us  tiiere,  where  the 

"Maidens  still  wear  their  Norman  caps  and  tlu-ir  kirtlcs  of  homespun, 
And  by  the  evening  tire  repeat  Evangclims's  story." 

AVe  must  pass  on  ;  but  lienceforth  we  see  a  h>velier  pic- 
ture than  before  in  tliese  four  lines  of  LongfeHow  : — 

"Fu  the  Acadian  land  on  the  shores  of  the  Basin  of  Minus; 
Distant,  secluded,  still,  the  little  village  of  Graiul  Pre 
Lay  in  the  fruitful  valley.    Vast  meadows  stretched  to  the  eastward. 
Giving  the  village  its  name,  and  pasture  to  Hocks  without  number. 

Moving  on  at  a  8])eed  that  lias  been  gradually  slacken- 
ing since  we  left  Annapolis,  we  reach  Windsor,  a  pretty 
little  village,  whose  inhabitants  showed  their  good  will  by 
treating  us  to  cherries.  Here  is  Kings  College,  the  oldest 
university  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  here  are  the  famous  Plaster 
Quarries.  We  stoj)  long  enough  to  take  adiink  "right 
off  the  plaster,"  and  to  attach  the  government  locomotive 
to  our  train.  We  are  now  seventy-nine  miles  from 
Annapolis,  forty-five  from  Halifax.  Ijcaving  the  red  clay 
of  the  meadows  behind,  we  cross  the  carboniferous  belt. 
Huge  blocks  of  gypsum  lie  piled  by  the  roadsi<le.  The 
neighboring  hills  are  solid  with  it.     You  have  only  to  tap 


COtT  OOlillKSPONDENCE.  47 

tlieturi:  It  i,  w,„T(,  l,..,-e,  ,,.,„ly  ,l,i,,,„.,l,  «,.oo  a  ,„„  . 
«■'"■■'  gro„„,l  i„  11,0 States  it  ,.ll,  f,„.  g,,,,,,,.  tI„.  .l-nk  is 
"-I0,,  I„,„l,„ti>,.„la,i„.  ,„.„„,,,  .,y  at.,a,.,i„,  n,,,!,,,,,,  , 

callc,   calc,„od  plasto,,  ,.ed  extensively  for  «„e  Master- 
ing, .i».l  in  fornung  a  stnmfr  an,l  H,v.,,r«„f  cement 

Away  we  go  a.^ain,  „ve,-  ,lee,,  .avines,  ,l„.„„gl,  „„iin.., 
".  iLe  t,-a,,  an,l  granite,  an,l  ...vsently  l,elv,l,I  a  verv  ,,a,;. 
diseof  roeks.  Tl,is  is  the  gol,|  ,,.;,„,  A  Hock  o"f  ,'eese 
solemnly  gating  between  tl.e  stones  over  wl.iel,  1  hey 
wake,,  we  took  .0  .,e  n,eta,no,-pi,ose,:i  gol.UInn,,,.,. ;  ,,os- 
-  ly  they  are  holders  of  fancy  stocks.     J  once  was  inter- 

estca  n,  a  Canada  co,,,,er-al,en,-  who   has   not   been? 
iint  I  have  bnrnocl  niy  certiHcates. 

This  sheet  of  wa.er  n,,on  which  we  abruptly  eo„,e,  is 
Bedford  bas,n,  eight  „,i,cs  fro„,  Halifax,  co,n,ect,n.. 
by    the     narrows    will,    Halifax     |,arbor.       We    sweep 

around  its   left    rmr.nn    ;..         i  •      .  ^ 

Ktt    rnaicrii,    m    u    long    circuit   high    above 

the  water  level.     The   view  is    oT,nrl      (\.  ,^ 
.      ,  ,  ^^  ^'^   gi.iiuJ.     Costly   mansions 

s  and  „,.on  the  shore,  or  look  down  fr„„,  the  blnfis  „b„ve 
Higl.  "P  on  onr  right  are  the  rtuns  of  tlie  Prince's  Lod.re' 
once  the  residence  of  Qneen  Victorias  father,  tl,e  I)„ko°of 
Kent.  In  front,  near  the  water,  still  stands  tl.e  l!„„nd 
Honse,  where  his  band  was  statione,].  For  five  tniles  now 
we  approach  the  city  between  thick  elnsters  of  wiM  roses 
whtch  border  the  ro,a.l.  Finally,  abont  1  o'clock,  three 
hours  behrnd  time,  we  land  in  Rich.nond  Depot.     Sou. 


48 


COIT   COKRE8PONI)ENCE. 


load  <lo\\  M  liucks,  oIIki'm  bivjik  down  horse  cars  and  tlii-n 
trudge  a  mile  and  a  halt'  on  toot  tliroiit^li  the  heat  and 
diiHt.  All,  however,  keep  <^ood  natined  ;  and  all,  scruhhed 
and  dnsted,  in  due  time,  Lfet  goo<l  dinners  at  the  Ilaiifax, 
the  International,  the  Waverly  an<l  elsewhere. 

Having  got  the  Coits  into  a  comt'ortable  eondition,  i    ai 
very  glad  to  clip  my  thread. 

A.    11.    i>. 


At  Halifax— Scenes  niid  Ineideiits— Fort  Geoi'ge  and  ' 
Interesting  Objects— Off  for  St.  Jolm. 


St.  John,  N.  B.,  July  30,  1871. 

'  HIS  letter  will  give  you  some  gleanings  from  Hali- 
fax— the  most  ]£)tglish  of  the  provincial  cities.  It 
I}"  was  founded  in  1749,  by  the  Lords  of  the  Board 
of  Trade,  and  named  after  the  I'resident,  Gen. 
Montague,  Earl  of  Halifax.  It  has  ever  since  been  the 
capital  of  Nova  Scotia, — robbing  that  honor  from  An- 
napolis. Thirteen  transports  brouglit  from  England  2576 
emigrants,  the  nucleus  of  the  present  populaiion,  which 


COIT   CORHESPONDENOR. 


49 


I 


countH  about  40,000  souls.  The  «Ioo,>  of  ^vnv  S)>funx  U\ 
tl.o  way,  l.o;,nn.i.  Coloud  tlu-  Ilo„oral.I<.  K<hvanl  Coni- 
H'.-.Il.s  as  Captaiu  (icun-al  au.l  (Jovc-ruor  ,>f  Nova  Scotm. 
Ho  altcru-Mnls  pre  muted  a  swonl  to  (i.-n.  Wasl.iuirtoM  at 
YorktoH-,,,  a  cirounistaum.  wl.ich  will  never  l,,.  f-.tCoKeu. 
iris  nan.,  is  uunv  pLasanfly  liuknl  u-ifh  Cornwallis 
Coimly,  the  iranlcii  ,,t'  llic  province. 

Inuuedi.-itely  uimm.   lau.iin.<r,  the   town  was  laia    ont   in 
squares,  with  streets  sixty  feet  wide.     A  fenc.e  of  upright 
pickets  or  palisa.les  enclose.!  the  town,  r.n.nin.^r  „,,  tVmn 
two  points  in  the  harbor,  with  block   honses  at  fre<,,UM.t 
iutervals.     The  town  of  Dartmouth,  <,n  the  opposite  side 
of  the  harbor,  be-an  its  cireer  a  year  later,  in  I  7.>0,  and  in 
the  year  following  some  German  settlers  ad(le<l  tlx^nselves 
to  the  colony  occui.yin.or  the  North  End,  now  called  l)ut(,h 
Town,  throuirh  which  we     ame  from  the  depot.     So  late 
as  1780  the  streets  were  in-  -assable  for  carriajres  by  rea. 
son  of  rocks  and  stumi.s.     They  have  not  yet  attaine.l  the 
dignity  and  cleanliness  which  paving  stones  impart. 

Having  dined,  a  delegation  proceed  to  the  government 
oifice,  accompanied  by  Mr.  Lunt,  of  the  steamer  Jiothesay, 
of  St.  John,  whose  acquaintance  our  party  made  last  year.' 
Through  his  influence  we  were  enabled  to  obtain  from 
Captain  Nagle,  the  town  major,  a  i)ass  to  the  citadel, 
signed  with  due  formalities,  for  the  whole  Colt  Family.' 
Fort  George,  i)oi)ularly  called  the  Citadel,  is  a  huge 
fortress,  built  upon  a  hill,  towering  high   up   behind  the 


"«>mmm 


50 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 


city  —  in  form  like  tlio  frustmn  of  a  cone.  Our  ])roces- 
sion  moved  u[)  a  gentle  slope  tliat  may  be  likened  to 
George  street,  Worcester,  directly  througli  the  town,  until 
it  i)assGS  the  limit  of  houses ;  tiien  by  a  fine  road  we  climb 
the  stee])er  ])ortion  circuitously  to  the  snmnut.  Our  pass 
being  resi)ected,  we  enter,  and  a  surgeon  is  detailed  to 
show  us  round.  The  interior  is  roomy  enough  to  aiford 
standing  room  at  least  for  the  whole  resident  population, 
and  was  originally  designed  to  be  a  place  of  refuge  for  the 
citizens  in  time  of  danger.  The  barracks  for  men  and 
officers  occu|)y  the  central  space  and  the  sides  of  the  inner 
work,  which  is  se})arated  from  the  outer  one  by  a  ditch 
fifty  feet  wide. 

We  hasten  to  tlie  toj>,  whose  zigzag  circuit  of  a  half- 
mile  bristles  with  great  guns,  100,  200,  800  j)0unders  — 
"devilish  enginery."  It  is  sim{)ly  impossible  to  describe 
the  view.  It  is  magnificent,  wonderful,  stretching  in  vast 
extent  to  the  far-off  mountains  which  form  almost  a  cir- 
cular wall,  whose  foundations,  as  Caesar  says  of  the  river 
Dubis,  seem  to  have  been  traced  by  a  pair  of  compasses. 
Their  encircling  arms  ti]»t  with  headlands,  like  clenched 
fists,  leave  only  a  narn^w  entrance  to  the  harbor  south  of 
the  citadel.  This  McNabb's  island  partially  fills,  guarding 
it  with  guns  weighing  twelve  tons  and  carrying  300  pound 
projectiles.  Some  "  Infants "  are  soon  expected  from  the 
Queen,  whose  play-ground  may  be  the  little  solitai'y  island 


mm>*i^m!tbmimminmmmtmmm0>m^mB^.4S 


core  COItRESPONDENOE.  5] 

c«lle,l  Gec-gcX   »-itl,i„  ,1,.   l.aH.or.    As  llic-v  tos,  l,.,Ils 
weighing  BOO  ll.s.  i|,,i,-  o,u„bo|,  „.„,  ^^.  ^,„„^;-,, 

We  linger  long  i,.  ,|,e  cool,  l„...e.j.  ,. ,,,,;,.,  „f  „„^ 

loi.y  station.     No,,h  i,  Bedfcd  Ba„i„,  ,„,,.,.)„,,  ten  s,,,,.,™ 
miles  and  able  lo  hold  ,],,  „.|,„|„  j,,-,!,,,  x.,,^,     j,,,,^.^,,,   ^ 
doubt  not  that  iu  the  Norlh  E,,.,  ,.r,i,  „-hieh  U  nine  miles 
1"..U-   an.l    i„elnde»    ,he  liasin,    the   navies    of  ,he  world 
..light   assemble  in  grand  eonvention   and    be  secure   as 
slioei,  in  a  fold.     West,  across  ,he  harbor,  one  mile,  ,he 
town  of  Darlmon.h   is  tiked  u,,  so  as  ,0  display  all  her 
charms,  most  eons,,icnous  and  central  among  which  is  the 
Lunatic    Asylum,   an    im,,o..ing    s(rue,nre    of   freestone 
East  and  South  below  is  llalifi,..  city,  fringing  the  western 
side  ot  the  promontory  on   whicl,  it  lies,  for  about  four 
miles.     Near  the  western  e.^trenie.  we  look  down  inio  ,he 
ancient  dockyard,  ahmg  whose  granite  wall  a  dozen  feet 
high,  our  i,e,leslrians  paced  a  good  half-mile  on  very  empty 
stoniachs.     It,  contains  niiliia.T  stores,  workshop.s,  ware 
houses,  offi,.er«'  rcshlences,  Ac.,  .tc.     The  (ignre-head  of 
the  "ChesaiK-ake,"  tt.ken  hy  ,h„  Kngli,,,  ,,„i,,,  ..,s|,,„„„„  ., 
IS  e..h,b,ted  here  ah.ng  with  ,uhe,-  war  trophies.    Wheeling 
about,  and  looking  west,  a  lofty  ediHce  of  stiiki,,..-  .„.,ln 
tectnre   arrests   attcntiou.     It   is  ,|,,   p,,,,,.  Asvlnm    just 
h.nshed  tit  a  cost  of  $2(10,000.     Nearer,  on   the  left  'are 
11.0  Public  and  IIorticnllur,al  (iardens,  containing  an'arti 
hcil  lake  (with  swtms  of  „,urse)  and  (.eautiful  fountains 
Of  less  extent  th.-m   the  Public  harden   in    Ii„sto„    the 


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52 


COIT   CORRESrONDENCE. 


flowers  were  tliought  by  our  ladies  to  be  choicer  aiul  of 
greater  variety.  Here  were  young  ladies  with  bows  and 
arrows  and  sus})ended  <|uivers,  beautiful  as  Diana  and  as 
gracefully  habited,  shooting  at  a  target.  Young  ladies 
have  ever  been  sharp-shooters ;  but  their  most  dangerous 
shafts  are  invisible,  and  I  trembled  for  our  iimocent  young 
men.  The  Government  ]5and,  liowever,  distracted  atten- 
tion, somewhat,  jdaying  royally  to  music  loyal  ears.  To 
the  right  lie  s])read  out  tlie  '*Connnons,"  beautiful  green 
meadows,  too  little  graced  and  shaded  with  trees  as  yet. 
Here,  in  the  spring,  the  ball-players  and  cricketers  pursue 
their  sjjorts  ;  and  here  is  the  race  course. 

But  it  is  time  to  descend.  80  we  take  one  last  circnm- 
s])ective  lo<»k  and  return  to  the  city,  well  paid  for  coming 
to  Halifax,  even  iC  we  see  nothing  else,  liut  in  addition 
to  the  objects  I  have  mentioned  we  visit  the  Court  House, 
the  Jail,  with  its  inevitable  poor  debtors'  cell,  look  at  some 
ancient  and  some  tine  churches,  and  iinallv  visit  the  new 
Parliament  Building  and  Province  House.  The  former  is 
the  finest  biiilding  in  the  city,  and  is  really  very  splendid 
to  look  at.  In  the  latter  we  visited,  under  the  conduct  of 
a  polite  usher,  iirst  the  library,  then  the  Legislative  council 
chamber.  Jt  has  seats  for  twenty-one  members,  who  are 
chosen  by  the  Crown.  Here  was  the  President's  cliair  to 
sit  in,  and  on  the  walls  were  some  paintings  to  look  at. 
The  latter  were  very  tine,  including  full  length  portraits  of 
George  H.  and  George  HI.  with  tlieir  Queens,  and  of  sever- 


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COIT    COKRESPONDENCE.  53 

al  generals  and  ju.lges.     There  was  au  esi,ecially  rioli  pic- 
ture  of  Willia,n  IV.,  standing  with  the  royal  ennine  about 
him.     He  once  served  here  us  a  midshipman,  and  when  he 
became  King  not  only  sent  this  picture  over,  but  released 
fi-cni   service   all   his   old  co.nrades  and   provided   hand- 
somely for  then..     Lastly  we  step  for  a  moment  into  the 
House    of   Assen^bly- thirty-eight    scats.      In    another 
moment  we  are  on  our  way  to  the  cars.     We  are  otf  at  8 
P.  M.  ;  we  reach  our  steamer  again  at  2  a.  m.     It  was  a 
regular  night  frolic  that  we  had,  and  needs  a  whole  letter 
to  describe  it.     Imagine  us  at  two  o'clock  in  the  morning 
gi-oi»mg   and    jerking    our   Avay   through    the   streets   of 
Annapolis.      Capt.   Pike  had  taken  our  boat  to  another 
wharf,  and  another  boat  had  come  i,i.     Some  of  our  party 
therefore,  found  themselves  on  the  wrong  boat,  disturbin.. 
the   peace    most    etfectually.       Presently,    howevc.-,    .^nwt 
reigned.     Two  hours  later  the  boat  moved  off  toward  St. 
John,    at    which    ].lace    we    arrived   about    eight    o'clock 
poking  through  the  fog  just  a«  we  did  on  a.iother  morning 
one  year  ago. 

A.     II.     I). 


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54 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 


At  St.  John— The  Victoria  Hotel— Arrival  at  Eastport. 


rASSAMA(iI()I)I>Y  IIorSK,  "» 

Eastpout,  jMk.,  August  1,  1«71.  ) 

HE  Coit  family  took  itts  last  d(.'])artiire  at  inidniglit 
from  St.  John,  «nd  slept  (luietly  at  the  Interna 
tional  wharf,  Ea8t])ort,  for  two  hours,  before  the 
general  resurrection  and  mustering  for  breiikfast. 
We  move  again  at  7  to-night.  The  weather  is  projatious 
for  a(]uatic  sports.  A  dance  on  board  the  boat  is  an- 
nounced for  3  V.  M.,  in  which  the  fair  Down-Easters  join. 
In  fact  it  has  already  begun,  and  I,  wishing  to  tell  you 
something  of  St.  John,  have  betnken  myself  hei"e  to 
esc;ii)e  the  fascination. 

Our  arrival  at  St.  John  was  exj)ected  at  a  later  hour, 
but  the  strains  of  "God  Save  the  (^ueen"  drew  to  the 
wharf  a  larye  crowed  that  gave  u  lustv  cheers  of  welcome. 
Many  friends  of  last  year  greeted  us,  and  renewed  their 
courtesies.  Every  Coit  was  granted  free  access  to  the 
News  Room  during  our  stay,  through  a  personal  introduc- 
tion of  the  Coit  oHicers  by  Ilis  Worship  the  Mayor. 
I\obert  Ueed,  P]sq.,  merchant,  sent  a  j)olite  invitation  to 
visit  his  gardens  and  grounds  on  .Mt.  Pleasant,  very  prop- 
erly excepting  Sunday  which  in  St.  John  is  Puritanically 
kejtt.  The  huhes,  too,  did  a  graceful  thing  in  sending  300 
tickets  of  admission  to  the  JNIasonic  Fair,  Carleton,  and 
thereby  swelled  the  ranks  of  their  admirers. 


■^^^,,^u^mt^:m>i0m^fmMM«mf^^ 


COIT    COliKESl'ONDENCE. 


i)i) 


|)ino. 
Ilu'ir 

the 
idue- 

vor. 

V 

1  to 

|r(>p- 

•ally 

300 

:iiid 


But  go  and  (Hue  with  iir'  ;il  tlu;  new  Vk'toria  Hotel, 
corner  of  (Termain  and  Duke  streets,  the  most  consi»ii'Uous 
edifice  in  the  city,  vknved  from  the  harbor.  Its  granite 
basement  risinsi'  !*i-^  feet  from  the  street,  is  surmounted  by  a 
superstructure  of  five  stories.  Its  architecture  is  Italian  ; 
its  walls  are  of  brick  relieved  l>y  rustics,  and  covered  with 
mastic.  Tlie  othce  fronts  an  imposing  main  entrance,  and 
connnands  a  view  of  all  the  }>ublic  rooms  on  the  fii'st  floor, 
Avhicli,  includintji:  the  dininuf  hall  are  covered  with  a  mosaic 
pavement  of  white  marble  and  re<l  slate  tiles.  The  dining 
hall,  sixty  feet  long  by  forty  wide,  is  finisiied  with  Corni- 
thiaii  columns,  between  the  sets  of  w'hich  twenty-two 
recesses  are  filled  with  ]>late  glass  miirors  e1ev<'n  feet  high. 
The  niches  between  the  columns  are  to  be  adorned  with 
paintings. 

While  enjoying  our  salmon  and  strawberry  pie,  Smitli, 
of  the  Daily  Tehujrapli^  ol)l.igingly  imparts  information 
and  answers  inquiries.  At  an  adj(»ining  tal)le  sit  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Tyne  crew,   recently  arrived  from   England, 


and 


SOO 


n  to  contend  with  the  "]*aris  crew '"  of  St.  .Joim, 


so  called  from  theii'  victory  gained  on  the  Seine,  at  the 
Great  Exj 
by  the   T. 


:j)osition.     They  were  beaten,  however,  last  yc 
!    men    at    Lachine.     We    especially    obsei 
Kenforth  and  Kelley,  the  former  the  best  sinuU 


:n\ 


oarsman 


in  the  world,  tiie  latter  a  champion  oarsman,  with  a  most 
l)rilli:int  record  in  English  aquatic  history  —  botli  publi- 
cans.    Let  us  stejj  now  upon  the  steam  elevator  and  go  to 


56 


COIT    COUHESPOXDENCE. 


\ 


tlie  roof.  It  lakes  one  luiimte.  The  roof  is  oravelk'd 
uiid  slopes  slightly  to  the  open  central  area.  It  is  one 
lumdi'ed  feet  above  the  street  and  supports  two  Hagstafts 
seventy  feet  high,  one  floating  the  Union  Jack,  the  olher 
the  Stars  and  Stri})es. 

We  mount  still  higher  into  tlie  observatory  an<l  coin- 
nuuid  a  view  of  the  entire  eity,  with  the  harbor  and 
environs,  JJunning  north  is  the  famous  Marsh  Itoad,  the 
great  (Kitlet  of  the  city,  built  by  govermnent,  and  broad 
enough  for  live  teams  to  drive  abreast.  From  lack  of  re- 
pairing, it  is  become  the  worst  road  in  the  country,  its 
foundations  giving  wav,  and  its  cavities  made  more  un- 
sightly  with  poles  erected  as  beacons  to  warn  pedestrians 
and  drivers  from  bi'eaking  their  own  or  horses'  necks. 
Parallel  with  this  and  along  the  banks  of  the  Kennebec- 
casis  river  runs  the  Eastern  extension  of  the  European  and 
Noi'th  American  Railway;  to  the  opening  of  whose  west- 
ern extension  in  October  l*resident  Grant  has  been  invited, 
and  which  will  make  through  connection  via  l^angor 
between  St.  John  and  Boston.  On  the  Keimebeccasis 
the  great  race  is  to  come  off  on  the  23d  of  Autiust  between 
the  "llenforth"  and  "Paris"  crews. 

In  nearly  the  same  direction  is  JVIt.  Pleasant  or  Heed's 
Castle,  the  favorite  resort  for  picnics  and  bazaars,  about  a 
mile  and  a  half  from  the  city.  East  is  Courtenay  bay,  the 
Penitentiary  and  the  Orphan  Asylum,  brown  stone  ediiices; 
west  is  the  harbor,  with  the  granite  Custom  House  near 


^:sii::^^^^im:*'mi^mm^mmmf^mmmm*sm», 


COIT   COKKESrOiNDENCE. 


57 


the  water,  and  o].f.osito  are  the  j.arislies  of  Poitlai.d  and 
Cai-leton,  aecesible  by  steam  ferry  boat.  In  tliis  direction 
the  month  of  the  St.  John  is  ],].Minly  visible,  spanned  by  the 
snspension  bridge,  nearly  an  eij^dith  of  a  mile  lon.o-,  from 
tJie  falls  beneath  vvhieli  the  body  of  „o  <lrowned  person 
has  ever  been  recovered. 

The  Carleton  people  are  locally  known  as  the  Aloerines. 
Nevertheless,    IMr.    E.    I).    Jewett,    a    wealthy    American 
himberman,  has  built  a  ivsidence  among  them    near   the 
bridge,  known  as  the  finest  wood  house  in  New  JJrnnswick. 
About  one  Imndred  yards  from  the  Victori;.,  on  the  oppo- 
site side  of  GerniMin  street,  the  Academy  of  .■\rusi(;  is  build- 
ing which  when  done  will  consj.nv  with  the  new  hotel  to 
make  St.  John  the  most  nnractive  city  in  the  provinces. 
Tlie    auditorhnn  is  to  be  200xo2  feet;  its  stage    oO   feet 
square;    its    height,   three   stories;  its    linish,  modern. 

Looking  South  we  see  Partridge  island  and  Manawaga 
nish  in  the  distance,  and  at  our  feet  the  ol.I  fort  and  bar- 
racks. There  ai'e  no  red  coats  there,  and  ivsv  '^petti- 
coats;'  as  we  hear  the  kilted  warriors  styled.  England  is 
gra.hially  taking  all  her  soldiers  away  an.l  leavh.g  the 
provinces  to  rely  on  their  oun  militia,  the  expen'se  of 
maintaining  which  makes  the  JJominion  ],eople  groan. 

Having  traversed  St.  John  pretty  faithful Iv  a^'m- ago, 
we  are  content  with  this  bird's-eye  view  for  the  n.ost  p.-ut.' 
We  go  down  by  tlie  stairway,  (,n  a  tour  of  inspection 
tln-ough  tlie  house.     Fine  Brussels  carpets  cover  all  the 


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58 


COIT   CORUESrONDENCE. 


rooms  and  corridors.  The  iiiii.sli  and  upliolsterinu^  arc 
elei>:iiit  tlirous^liout.  In  the  (4raiid  Saloon  the  splenchjr 
cuhninates.  It  extends  aloni^  tlie  whole  I'ronl,  and  can  be 
cut  by  folding  doors  into  live  })arlors.  Five  crystal  chan- 
deliers depend  from  the  ceilini;-.  The  I'urnishing  is  in 
five  beautiful  styles.  It  contains  a  full  grand  jiiano,  cost- 
ing S$  1000.  The  Victoria  cost  $200,000.  The  architects 
were  the  Messrs.  Washburne  &  Son,  JJoston.  It  is  owned 
by  a  j(jint  stock  com[)any  in  St.  John,  but  its  management 
is  wholly  American,  from  the  lessee,  Mr.  ]».  T.  Cregan, 
down  through  the  whole  corps  of  officers.  JNIr.  S.  W.  Bal- 
com,  formerly  of  Worcester,  is  the  chief  boolv-kee])er,  and 
was  cs|)ecially  attentive  to  the  Coits.  The  statf  of  servants 
numbers  about  eighty.  The  per  diem  charge  i'or  transient 
patrons  is  $2.50.  The  new  hotel  is  likely  t<^  give  a  new 
impetus  to  the  pros})erity  of  St.  John.  The  citizens  are 
j»roU(l  of  it.  It  gives  character  to  their  city,  and  will  enable 
it  to  mono])olize  }»r()vincial  visitors,  of  whom  there  are 
now  1000  arrivbii"-  in  St.  John  weeklv,  by  the  International 
Steamship  ]-,ine  alone. 

A.    II.    i>. 


m&i  em^m^^^^}*>mmmm0m^ 


COIT   COIiUKSPONDENCE. 

S-Hlay  l„  St.  John-Plontrhi,,,.  a  Down  E«, 

at  fian^'or. 


59 
East  Foff- Arrival 


B.VNr.oK,  AiifTust  3,   1871. 
HjN  .S,,t,„.,ln,v  ,.v,.„i„,,,  ,,t  St.  Join,,  ,„any  „f  the  Cits 

''■•pve„t  t„  ,,.,„.  M,.Q,„.|,,  i„  ..,.;,,  Van  Winkl,./' and 
"'"H,.H„    bin,  ..,,,,,    t„  Jc.rtl.,-s„„.      Th<.  inainriiy 

'"™-''™--''««nI..ltlK.s,„.ia]n„.<..i„,,„„,,.,a;.,|,|,; 
«tean,..,.,  at  winch   w,.,,.  , „,,«„„,  i,,.,;,,,.,  ,„, ,^,,,^  ^^j.  _,^^_ 

l-.-es.,,  n,any  lacli.s  a„,l  ,..en,l..nH.„  of  St.  J.,l,n.     A„.<,n. 
U,e   s,,eakc.,-.s  wo,-o  scvc-al   olc-anu-n  „r  „„  ei,v,  ,)    „" 

Wetn.ore  Es,,,  a  sa,.an„n.  poliMdan  an,l  eH,,-nt  i..n,; 
l;onan,.o  advocate,  a  ,S,.„t,.hn,an  l.y  „,,  „an,e  of  Ba.vlay, 
^o,u  G,,.,o«,  M,..  I,.vinj,,  ,.e,„,,.e„,in.  ti.e  Yonn,  mJI 
C«,a„  Avocation,  and  W.  K.  Keynold,  the  ..ojeetor 
and   bn  de,-  „f   the  Saspension    UM^e.     The   s,,  echos 

bnnnncd  with  n-atevna,  .,,,i,ncn,,  and  t,a.hcd  Juh  «r 
By  «o,ne  nnstako  ,00  few  o,-ato,.  we,,  b.-ought  with  „s, 
but  suilablc  i-esiionses  were  niade. 

On  Sunday  n.onnn.  a  nun,l,e,-  of  yonn.  ,„en  ca.ne  on 
board^  ,,ohteIy  otfen,,,  to  escort  any  of  „„,■  j.a.-ty  to 
church,  whercve,.  they  nnght  wish  to  go.  At  eight  1.  m., 
a  .'ehgious  service  was  held  in  the  .saloon,  and  another  at 

Mes...    Beal   and    ].,ard„,an,    officiating.     In  the   latter 
service  the  great  congregation  united  to  make  the  harbor 


--mmm«mmm>mmmm-'M> 


no 


COIT    COUUESPONDENCE. 


resouml   willi   "  II;milmrL("  .'ukI  '-Old  IfuiidnMl,"  nnd  tlio 
cflTocl  w  ;is  fine. 

IMonday  dtiwnod  .'inH)ii(;ious,  but  the  steeds  of  tlie  sun 
wore  recklessly  driven,  now  djisliiuijj  us  with  niin,  find  now 
floodiuL?  us  with  a  sunburst,  ^'allkee  inijeimity  was  tested 
to  shoot  in  between  the  showers,  the  i)re-arran<,a'd  pro- 
granuiie  for  the  day.  The  8})eeial  attra<-lion  for  the  eve- 
niiiu;,  olf  the  boat,  was  a  eoncei't  at  the  Kink  by  the  !»rig- 
noli  troupe.  Hriu;noli  was  in  his  best  voice  and  humor, 
Honconi  was  irresistibly  eoniie,  and  Miss  McCulloeh  sang 
Flowtow's  "  Last  Hose  of  Summer"  divinely.  It  was  cer- 
tainly worth  the  silver  (piarter's  a(bnission  to  see  tlie  inte- 
rior of  the  Kink.  It  is  a  circular,  wooden  building,  100 
feet  in  diameter,  ca|)able  of  seating  10,000  ])ei'sons. 
Decked  with  fiags  and  brilliantly  lighted  from  j»endent 
chandeliers  and  side  jets,  with  a  gaily  dressed  nudtitude 
promenading  upon  the  Hoor,  it  is  a  fine  siglit  to  see. 

On  board  the  boat  meanwliile,  a  farewell  social  meeting 
of  great  interest  occurred,  marred  only  by  tlie  bad  taste  of 
one  of  tlie  speakers,  a  Mr.  Willis,  M.  P.,  of  who!n  his 
friends  were  sufficiently  ashamed. 

As  we  say  our  good  byes,  we  feel  ourselves  attached  to 
St.  John,  and  mentally  resolve  to  see  it  again. 


*'  Out  into  the  West  as  the  sun  went  down" 


on  Tuesday  evening,  with  fiags  flying  and  Quoddy  bay 
resounding  with  the  music  of  our  band,  the  JYew  Bruns- 


t 


I 


COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 


61 


the 


wich  MH.vcl  from  hor  moorin-s  at  Eastpoit.     The  wliarves 
and  woodpiles  bloon,  and  rtutter  .air.-.i,,  with  white  handkor- 
chiefs  which  we  watch  and  respond  to  until  they  fade  from 
sight.     In  ten  minutes  we  are  wrapped  in  a  cold  and  dis- 
mal fo^ir.     W(,  scatter  from  the  hnr.icune  decks  and  retreat 
with,,,.     The  e,..-i„ocr  slackens  the  speed,  and  the  watch- 
man  takes  his  place  at  the  bows.     Then  we  grope  along 
through  the  nio-ht,  which  is  made  hideous  by  the  momently 
recurring  shriek  of  the  whistle  warning  vessels  from  our 
path.     It  does  not  add  to  <,ur  comfo.t  to  know  that  our 
pilot  IS  nmning  solely  by  the  compass.     In  Captain  Pike, 
however,  we  have  perfect  confidence,  and  feel  that,  under 
Providence,  we  are  safe  in  his  hands.     In  the  mornin.., 
darkness  still  covering  the  sea,  and  the  region  beir,g  peril 
ous  by  reason  of  rocks,   the  Captain   wisely   orders  the 
anchors  to  be   cast  out ;    two  hours  later,  the  sun  has  tri- 
umphed and  all  the  mist  has  disappeared  ;  then  we  go  on 
again  merrily.     But  the  fog  likes  us,  and  we  once'more 
huge,-  awhile  in  its  embrace,  yet  struggling  all  the  while 
to  get  away.    At  last  we  are  in  the  waters  of  the  beautiful 
Penobscot   Bay.      The  fog  pmvsues  us  no  further.     The 
river  sceneiy  charms  all,  and  so  does  the  sight  of  Bangor, 
wliich  comes  into  view  about  ten  o'clock.     Here  I  quit 
the  Coit  excursion,  led  away,  but  not  astray,  by  stronger 
attractions. 


A.   II.   i>. 


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COIT   COIIUEHPONDENCR. 


lluUrux  and  SI.  John  -Dry  (Joods  and  Wet  <iIoods— Annexa- 
tion—CharactcristicH  or  the  Dominion. 


roiMl.AM),  Mk.,  August  14,  1871. 

T  is  (liflicult  to  elect  wisely  the  threads  wliieli  shall 
I  I  go  into  an  epistolary  web;  and  the  perplexity  grows, 
wlu'ii  iMiiterials  ahonnd.  The  late  C-oit  Excursion 
was  prolific  in  incidents,  as  well  as  in  objects  of 
present  and  historic  interest.  From  the  sin-j)lns  ni;iteiial, 
I  venture  to  [)ick  out  the  woof  of  another  letter. 

Of  all  the  places  visited,  the  most  nuMnorable,  when 
taken  in  connection  with  the  overland  ri<le  tluough  Nova 
Scotiii,  which  led  to  it,  is  Halifax.  The  city  is  richer, 
shabbier,  more  anti([nated  than  St.  John.  It  is  more 
grandly  })ictures(pie.  If  we  had  forgotten  tliat  Halifax  is 
the  chief  naval  station  for  British  America,  as  we  have 
forgotten  so  nnich  the  school  mistress  told  us  in  (he  long 
ago,  we  can  only  plead  that  she  was  not  a  disciple  of  Pes- 
talozzi,  that  she  did  not  lake  ns  up  into  the  exceeding  high 
mountain  behind  the  city  and  show  us  the  magniticent 
harbor;  for  one  look  from  the  citadel  would  have  im 
pressed  the  fact  past  all  foi'getting.  The  inhabit.'int>*.  like 
the  Bostonians,  have  their  "South  End,"  wher  i 

houses  and  genteel  surroundings  give  Ir  -iv 

culture;  and  their  "North  End",  too,  sug     sting       .>ader 
ones  of  a  common  bond  in  beastliness.     The  gr«  it  export 


COIT   COUKESrONDENCK. 


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is  Hsh—coal  an.l  IuiuIkt  H.Mllnir  th.-ir  vx\\  uvauiU  .-.l  IMcloti 
and  AimapoliM.     Paru.l..xically  spcakin-,  it   may    he  said 
tliat  llu..  iKM.i.k-  of  ll.-,li(a\  live  cln.fly  .m.  pirklril  hcirin-H 
slii|.|M.d    t.)  tlu.   Stales.     JJ„t    OIK'  aiti.-l*.    is  cxportnl   "o 
the  iiL.tluT  (Muuitry,  a...l  tl.at   is-d.-als.     A  ,'<pruce  aiVinv, 
twelve  feet  loii«r,  nine  ii.clu.H  wide  and  tlnve  iiK-lics  tl.i.'k— 
that    in   the    "standard   deal."     With    this  (..v,.,.,,ti„„    t|,o 
trade  of  the  Nova  Scotians  is  will,  the  United  States  and 
West   Indies.     After  the   opeiiinir   ,>f  Hk-   Ei-r<.|.eaii   an<l 
North  American   Kaihvay,  in  Oc^tol.er,  Halifax  may  h.oin 
into  some  importance  as  tlie  j.oint  of  "new  departure"  (,f 
American  travel  for  Euroi)e— cutlin^i^r  oH;  as  it  will,  two  or 
three  days  from  the  sea  voya-e.     At  all  events,  it  is  a  line 
old  city,  of  which  more  miohf  he  ma<le. 

St.  John  is  less  wealthy,  Imt  more  enterprisinir.  She  is 
the  eonnnercial  capital  of  tiie  Province.  Jlere,  t(,o,  fisji  is 
king;  and  -'by  this  sign  "  she  hopes  to  coiMpier.  Indeed, 
the  corner  stone  of  ].rovincial  gi-eatness  is  lai.l  upon 
"banks  and  shoals"  of  lishes. 

The  decision  of  the  late  Joint  High  Commission  imperils 
this  i)iscatorial  foundation,  the  I»rovince  pr<.ple  ihhik. 
They  are  sore  about  the  resnlt,  and  heartily  repent  that 
they  brought  forward  their  little  matter  to  pester  the 
august  tribunal.  They  do  not  care,  they  say.  to  lish  in  our 
impoverished  waters;  that  the  right  to  lish  in  theirs, 
which  are  inexhaustible,  gives  Americans  the  long  end  of 
the  lever.     Fleets  Irom  Cape  Cod  and  (JloucesteM-,  fitted 


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COIT    CORRESPONDENCE. 


out  by  ]>oston  capital  and  offering  hard  comi)etition,  no 
doubt  torment  their  imaginations.  It  is  no  wonder. 
These  liave  ahvady  robbed  East[)ort  of  lier  fishy  flavors, 
leaving  her  only  an  idle  place  of  summer  resort.  As  an 
offset  to  our  use  of  their  liner  tishing  grounds,  the  Cana- 
dians claim  that  tlieir  lumber  and  coal  should  be  admitted 
to  our  j)orts  free  of  duty.  Uut  this  might  disap[)oint 
"  great  expectations  "  in  Pennsylvania. 

St.  John  offei's  special  attractions  as  it  seems  to  me,  for 
a  smnmer  sojourn.  It  is  a  good  head(|uarters  for  branch 
excursions — to  say  nothing  of  charms  in  and  about  itself. 
Then  board  must  be  cheap  where  the  finest  cuts  of  beef 
are  but  sixteen  cents  a  pound,  and  chii-kens  sell  for  twenty- 
five  cents  ;i  pair  at  Christmas.  But  if  [)articularly  intent 
on  re<luciiig  expenses,  you  have  only  to  seek  a  tailor  and 
let  him  lit  you  with  clothes  enough  to  last  you  until  you 


come  auam. 


If  determined  that  your  trip  shall  cost  you  nothing,  it 
will  be  necessary  to  buy  a  few  dresses  and  laces  for  your 
wife,  at  about  half  the  home  ct)sl.  No  lady  can  visit  St. 
John  without  bringing  away  pleasmit  menwries,  at  least, 
of  its  dry  goods  houses.  The  largest  of  these  in  the  retail 
line,  and  the  most  fashonable  is  Magee  Brothers,  Nos.  1  and 
2  Imperial  Buildings,  corner  of  King  and  Piiiu-e  William 
streets,  llei'e,  made  and  unmade,  is  to  be  found  every- 
thing a  lady  can  wear,  —  boots  and  jewelry  exce])ted;  and 
here  Monsieur  Ilammondi,  costumier,  not  only  measurers, 


COIT   CORnESPOXDENCR. 


65 


cuts  and  fits,  but  keeps  an  eye  on  sixty  or  seventy  dress- 
makers.    Here  are  produced  the  bridal  tronsseauo!  v.  hich 
grace  tlie  grand  weddings  of  the  Dominion,  for  the  xan.e  „f 
Magees'  has  gone  through   the  Provinces.     A  thousand 
dozen  kid  gloves  are  always    kept   in    reserve;    and    (ho 
maker  of  the  Josephine  (seamless)  kid  has  a  sta.,.lin.-  order 
to  send  to  this  tirn.  -,11  he  can  spare.     The  goods   are  <lis- 
playcd  and  sold  entirely  by  young  ^na,,  thirtv  or  fortv  in 
mimber.     The  lirni  is  85  years  ol.l,  and  the  senior  partm.- 
m  the  prosecution  of  its  business,  has  crossed  the  Atlar.tic 
more  than  80  times.     I  have  gone  thus  into  details,  because 
I   tlnnk   the   dry  goods   houses   of  St.   John   <-onstitute  a 
noticeable  feature, -the  only  one  perh.-.p.s   in    which    .he 
eclipses  her  sister  cities  of  like  size  in  New  England. 

The  question  coming  oftenest  to  the  smface  of  every- 
day speech  in  the  Provinces,  which  the  stranger  hears  dis 
cussed  everywhere,  is   annexation.     It  is  not  easy  howevcM- 
to  discover  what  the  people  then.selves    want.     One  will 
tell  you  the  majority  are  for,  another  that  it  is  overwhehn- 
mgly«^a/,,,nhe project.     The  truth  seems  to  be  that  poli.i 
cal  thought  in  the  Dominion  is  in  a  transtition  state,  wait- 
mg  for  "something  to  turn  up."     If  Eni^la...!    would    .lis 
close     her     intentions     respecting     the     Pnnin.-es,     the 
proposition  would  be  simplified.     At  present,  I    am    tohi 
opposition  to  atmexation  is  not  based  on  anv  conviction 
regardmg  material  thrift,  but  is  a  .natter  of  pure  sentiment 
Mr.  Wetmore  (himself  an  annexationist,  I  believe)  finely 

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COIT   CORRESrONDENCE. 


1 1 


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i  I 


expressed  the  feeling  whidi,  no  doubt,  pervades  many 
provineial  breasts,  when  he  said  in  the  saloon  of  the 
steamer  New  Brunswick  :  "  It  is  not  necessary  i'or  the 
sake  of  [»altry  rhetoric  to  throw  away  one  bit  of  our  patriot- 
ism. We  love  our  country,  and  we  greet  you  no  less  cor- 
dially because  we  extend  to  you  Jiritish  hands."  This  is 
all  natural  and  right.  Our  forefathers  were  aglow  with 
the  same  sort  (»f  sentiment  before  it  was  spanked  out  and 
stami)ed  out  with  the  maternal  slii)per.  It  does  not  seem 
hkely  that  we  shall  importune  the  Provinces  to  become 
states  of  the  Uejtublic  ;  but  if  in  the  progress  of  events 
thei/  shall  desire  to  link  their  destinies  with  ouis,  I  trust 
we  shall  give  them  a  hearty  wehrome. 

'^riu'  Dominion  of  Canada  is  about  four  years  old.  Al- 
ready the  C'onlldeiation  is  wit  In  ml  harmony  and  unpopular. 
It  is  particularly  distasteful  to  Nova  Scotia.  Indeed,  no- 
where in  the  Provinces  we  visited  does  there  ai)])ear  to  be 
any  loya  ty  to  the  Dominion  as  such,  corresponding  to 
that  devotion  to  the  Union  among  us,  which  is  its  safe- 
guard and  strength.  The  parts  aie  indiflerent  to  the  whole. 
They  are  held  togetlur  by  cltuu^y  carpentry,  not  by  living 
processes  of  organic  gi'owtii.  Consequently  there  is  no 
enthusiasm — nothing  akin  to  a  national  spirit,  among  the 
people.  The  notion  that  they  oelong  to  the  Dominion  of 
Canada  seems  vague  and  unfamiliar,  and  the  name  has  no 
magic  in  it. 

In  the  Provinces  iarther  north  and  west,  there  is  a  furor 


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COIT    CORRESPONDENCE. 


67 


for  indepeiulenc.,  fi,„ling  sonu'  sy.nputhy  throi,<.}M,ut  the 
Dou.inion.  31...  are  daz/led  with  visions  ofu  .,,u.d  em- 
pire bounded  hy  three  oceans,  and  wait  impatiently  the 
8nai,i,ing  of  the  leading  strings  which  have  become  "atten- 
uated to  cobwebs."  It  is  likely  that  the  child  will  soon  <ro 
alone;  and  not  unlikely,  I  think,  that  in  some  crisis  of 
croup  or  teething  it  may  be  turned  over  to  the  United 
States  as  to  a  sort  of  Children's  Home. 

A.   11.   D. 


Al- 


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Tir 


Dkar  Mk.  Mkcorn?:y 


11 
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Yon  '11  wonder, 

Perhaps,  why  1  write  you  to-day, 
Bnt  there's  soniethhi^'  I  want,  to  tell  yon. 

So  do  excuse  me,  1  pray ; 
I  hear  there's  to  be  a  reunion 

lu  the  old  town  of  Worcester  to-night, 
And  that  hosts  of  the  CoUh  are  expected. 

To  1)1'  there  early  and  l)ri<>:ht, 
At  ]ea>t,  that  they've  all  invitations  — 

Thoui^ii  you  ilid  n't  send  any  to  me,* 
I  am  sure,  though,  'twas  because  you  forgot  it, 

Because  I  'm  a  Coit  you  see ! 
So  I  sha 'n't  treasure  u|>  any  malice. 

But  send  you  right  oil'  l)y  the  mail, 
A  good,  iiearty,  old-lashionetl  liand-shake. 

And  I  hope  "  Uncle  Sam  "  will  not  fail 
To  have  it  get  there  before  evening; 

For  I  want  all  the  family  by; 
And  I  want  you  to  read  them  this  message 

1  send  them  —  1  hoi)e  you'll  all  ti'y, 
All  the  fathers  and  mothers  and  children. 

The  sweethearts  and  husbands  and  wives — 
To  have  just  the  pleasantest  evening 

Thai  ever  you  had  in  your  lives, 
And  don't  l)e  too  saving  of  money, 

You  won't  miss  it  a  month  or  two  hence; 
But  have  plenty  of  apples  and  doughnuts, 

And  candy  —  don't  mind  the  expense! 


•COT.LKGK  Hill,  Dec.  28. 
I  must  beg  ten  thousand  pardons  — 

Your  polit(     ivitution  just  came. 
Since  I  wrote  ino  above;  you'll  excuse  me, 

if  I  U  t  it  renuun,  uil  tlie  same. 


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COIT    COliKESPONDENCE. 

And  if  there  should  be  any  others 
Who 're  absent  tl)is  evenin<r,  like  me, 

Don't  tbr-et  to  drbik  otir  healths  -  will  you? 
In  a  cup  of  old-fashioneil  Jiuhea. 

Tlioui;!,  not  there,  I  shall  hear  you  all  talking 

About  our  exeursion  last  Fall; 
And  the  beautiful  places  we  went  to— 

Ban^ror,  Portland,  Eastport,  and  all 
Those  old  iJritish  towns  where  tliey  made  us 

So  welcome,  and  hoped  we  'd  all  come 
And  pay  them  a  visit  next  sununer, 

And  all  luake  ourselves  (pate  at  home; 
I  think  with  what  fond  recollection  — 

Of  all  the  bright  faces  we  met  :— 
Their  thousand  kind  words  and  attentions 

Li\e  warm  in  our  memory  yet. 
But  I  mourn  that  my  purse  was  so  empty; 

Their  laces  and  silks  were  such  loves— 
And  I  long  shall  regret  that  I  did  n't 

Buy  a  dozen  more  pair  of  their  gloves  J 
Let  it  pass  though ! 

I  want  to  hear  something 

About  the  Colt  family —  come  ! 
Do  tell  me  just  how  you  've  been  lately, 

And  how  all  your  folks  are  at  homeV 
Who  of  you  are  going  to  be  married? 

Our  fanuly  circle  's  so  wide 
There'll  be  surely  some  weddings  among  you, 

So  pray  don't  be  bashful,  aud  hide 
The  dear  little  secret,  but  tell  me 

All  about  it,— quick,  Just  whisper  it  low; 
1  '11  keep  it,  all  snug,  to  myself. 

And  nobody  else  shall  know! 

1  hear  some  among  you  have  nitted 
And  gone  from  the  old  parent-nest. 


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COIT   CORRESPON-DEN'CE. 

And  Hull  otluTs  arc  gatlioriiiir  tlicir  treasures 

And  will  soon  be  away  to  tiie  West. 
But  what  or  llic  rest?— Who  among  you, 

Like  nie,  sit  at  home  by  yourselves? 
Who  are  danciiii?  away  the  cold  winter? 

Wlio  are  laiil  on  Society's  .shelves? 
There's  one,  a  small  maiden  of  tiventy, 

Perhaps  you  '11  remember  her  name, 
From  a  classic  retreat  overlooking 

The  "  Hub"  of  the  Nation  she  came. 
She  is  sunning  that  mantle  of  velvet, 

She  ])()ught  of  the  Briton  Magce, 
In  the  land  of  the  dark-eyed  Italians, 

And  is  far  away  over  the  sea. 
But  I  '11  send  her  your  kind  invitation  : 

She  will  irive  it  a  sigh  of  regret, 
And  remember  the  days  of  hist  summer, 

Which  uoue  of  us,  Colts,  can  forget. 

I  tliink,  now,  I've  finished  uiy  message, 

And  nothing  is  left  me  to  do, 
But  to  send  you  a  thousand  good  wishes. 

And  one  and  all,  bid  you,  "  Adieu !  " 


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BY  MRS.  C.   M.   SAWYKR. 


Mkriuly  sailpd  tlio  iiR'n-y  Coits 

Aloni?  the  coast  of  Maine; 
The  waves  roUed  l,"    ,,  th,,  ib^r  i^y  low 

Anddrearily  fell  the  mill; 
But  spite  of  the  waves,  and  spite  of  the  fog 
And  spite  of  tl     rainy  weather, 
You  never  met 
A  merrier  set 
As  they  sailed  alon^'  together. 

Merrily  san,i>-  the  merry  Coits 
Upon  the  dark  sea  waters  ; 
There  were  sons  of  many  a  gallant  state, 

With  Massachusetts'  daughters. 
Contralto,  tenor,  sounding  bass, 
And  sweet  and  clear  soprano;' 
Their  strains  above  the  ocean  rang 

Like  songs  ah^ng  the  Arno; 
And  spite  of  the  waves,  and  spite  of  the  fog 
And  spite  of  the  winj  and  weather, 
You  never  met 
A  merrier  set 
As  tliey  sailed  along  together. 

Merrily  danced  the  merry  Coits 

In  seaport,  town  and  Jitv; 
And  many  the  welcomes  the'y  received 

In  speeches  grave  or  witty; 


72  COIT   CORRESPONDENCE. 

Fair  Portland,  IJjuiijcjj-  — wheresoe'r 

Our  eajfle  .sproiuls  his  pinions, 
Or  waves  aloft  the  English  fla« 

In  Britain's  proud  dominions — 
The  words  were  kind,  the  clasp  was  warra, 

The  smile  was  bri<::ht  an({  beamin«;,— 
O,  well  they  knew  how  nnich  was  true  — 

Mow  little  of  it  seeming! 
So  spite  of  the  waves,  and  spite  of  the  fog, 

And  spile  of  the  wind  and  weather, 
You  never  met 
A  merrier  set 

As  the  Coits  sailed  on  together. 


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